Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsNote: See section 3.
(1) In this Act:
"1991 Act" means the Social Security Act 1991 .
"activity supplement" has the meaning given by the Farm Household Support Act 2014 .
"Agriculture Department" means the Department administered by the Agriculture Minister.
"Agriculture Minister" means the Minister administering the Farm Household Support Act 2014 .
"alcoholic beverage" means a beverage that contains more than 1.15% by volume of ethyl alcohol.
"ART" means the Administrative Review Tribunal.
"ART Act" means the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 .
"ART Principal Registrar" means the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar of the ART.
"ART review" has the meaning given by section 142.
"attendance" , at a school, for the purposes of Part 3C (schooling requirements), has the meaning given by section 124A.
"attendance notice" has the meaning given by section 124K.
"authorised review officer" means an officer authorised under section 235 to perform duties as an authorised review officer for the purposes of the social security law.
"compliance notice" has the meaning given by section 124ND.
"connection failure" has the meaning given by subsection 42E(1).
"CSC" (short for Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation) has the same meaning as in the Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011 .
"Digital Switch-over Household Assistance Program" means the program that:
(a) is administered by the Commonwealth; and
(b) involves the provision and/or installation of any or all of the following:
(i) set - top boxes;
(ii) cables;
(iii) antennas;
for the purposes of enabling the members of certain households to view television programs transmitted in digital mode (within the meaning of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 ).
"employment pathway plan decision" : see section 140A.
"employment pathway plan matters" has the meaning given by section 40F.
"enrolment" , at a school, for the purposes of Part 3C (schooling requirements), has the meaning given by section 124A.
"enrolment notice" has the meaning given by section 124F.
"farm financial assessment supplement" has the meaning given by the Farm Household Support Act 2014 .
"farm household allowance" has the meaning given by the Farm Household Support Act 2014 .
"FHA supplement" has the meaning given by the Farm Household Support Act 2014 .
"further reconnection requirement" has the meaning given by section 42J.
"gambling" means a service provided to a person in the capacity of a customer of a gambling service (within the meaning of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 ).
"goods" has the same meaning as in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 .
"guidance and appeals panel" has the same meaning as in the ART Act.
"guidance and appeals panel proceeding" has the same meaning as in the ART Act.
"mutual obligation failure" has the meaning given by section 42AC.
"non-attendance failure" has the meaning given by subsection 42SC(1).
"no show no pay failure" has the meaning given by subsection 42C(1).
"participation payment" is any of the following payments that are paid to a person:
(a) jobseeker payment;
(b) if the person is neither undertaking full - time study (see section 541B of the 1991 Act) nor is a new apprentice--youth allowance;
(c) if the person is someone to whom paragraph 500(1)(c) or (ca) of the 1991 Act applies--parenting payment;
(d) if the person is a nominated visa holder--special benefit.
"payment suspension period" has the meaning given by subsection 42AL(1).
"penalty amount" for a person for a no show no pay failure, a reconnection failure or a non - attendance failure means the amount worked out for the person in accordance with the legislative instrument made under section 42T.
"person responsible" , for the operation of a school, for the purposes of Part 3C (schooling requirements), has the meaning given by section 124A.
"post-cancellation non-payment period" has the meaning given by subsection 42AP(5).
"proof of life certificate" has the meaning given by section 63A.
"reconnection failure" has the meaning given by subsection 42H(1).
"reconnection failure period" has the meaning given by subsection 42H(4).
"reconnection requirement" :
(a) for a mutual obligation failure or a work refusal failure--has the meaning given by subsection 42AM(1); and
(b) for a failure mentioned in section 42G--has the meaning given by that section.
"relief payment" has the meaning given by the Farm Household Support Act 2014 .
"relocation assistance" has the meaning given by subsection 42AO(2).
"schooling requirement child" has the meaning given by section 124B.
"schooling requirement determination" has the meaning given by section 124C.
"schooling requirement payment" has the meaning given by section 124D.
"schooling requirement person" has the meaning given by section 124.
"serious failure" has the meanings given by subsections 42M(1) and 42N(1).
"serious failure period" has the meaning given by subsection 42P(2).
"serious failure requirement" has the meaning given by subsection 42P(3).
"service" has the same meaning as in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 .
"social security bereavement payment" means a payment under any of the following provisions of the 1991 Act:
(a) Division 9 of Part 2.2;
(b) Division 10 of Part 2.3;
(d) Subdivision B or D of Division 9 of Part 2.5;
(g) Subdivision B or C of Division 9 of Part 2.10;
(h) Subdivision A or AA of Division 10 of Part 2.11;
(i) Division 10 of Part 2.11A;
(j) Subdivision AA or A of Division 9 of Part 2.12;
(k) Subdivision C of Division 11 of Part 2.12B;
(m) Division 9 of Part 2.15;
(o) Division 10 of Part 2.16;
(p) Subdivision C of Division 10 of Part 2.19;
(q) Subdivision B of Division 10 of Part 2.20.
"social security periodic payment" means:
(a) a social security benefit; or
(b) a social security pension; or
(c) carer allowance; or
(f) double orphan pension; or
(g) mobility allowance; or
(i) pensioner education supplement; or
(k) Disaster Recovery Allowance.
"transfer day" , in relation to a transferee to a social security pension or benefit, has the meaning given by subclause (2) or (3), as the case requires.
"transferee" , in relation to a social security pension or benefit, has the meaning given by subclause (2) or (3), as the case requires.
"unemployment failure" has the meaning given by section 42AE.
"unemployment non-payment period" has the meaning given by subsection 42S(3).
"unemployment preclusion period" has the meaning given by subsection 42AO(1).
"work refusal failure" has the meaning given by section 42AD.
(1A) For the purpose of the definition of alcoholic beverage , the volume of ethyl alcohol in a beverage is to be measured at 20°C and is to be calculated on the basis that the specific gravity of ethyl alcohol is 0.79067 (at 20°C in a vacuum).
(2) If:
(a) a social security pension or benefit (the old payment ) ceases to be payable to a person otherwise than because another social security payment becomes payable to the person; and
(b) immediately after the old payment ceases to be payable, the person is qualified for another social security pension or benefit (the new payment ); and
(c) the person makes a claim for the new payment;
the person is a transferee to the new payment and the person's transfer day is the day that immediately follows the last day on which the old payment is payable to the person.
(3) If:
(a) a person becomes qualified for a social security pension or benefit (the new payment ); and
(b) immediately before becoming qualified for the new payment:
(i) the person is a member of a couple; and
(ii) the person's partner is receiving a social security benefit; and
(c) the person makes a claim for the new payment;
the person is a transferee to the new payment and the person's transfer day is the day on which the person becomes qualified for the new payment.