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HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 192 of 1992 - SECT 8

8. Section 5B of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (12) the definition of "child" and
substituting the following definition:

"'child', in relation to a person, means a child (whether or not under the age
of 16 years) for whom the person, or the person's partner (within the meaning
of the Social Security Act 1991):

   (a)  receives family allowance under the Social Security Act 1991
        (otherwise than because of subsection 5(10) of that Act); or

   (b)  does not receive family allowance under the Social Security Act 1991
        because:

        (i)    the person, or the person's partner, did not satisfy the family
               allowance taxable income test (as provided for in the
               Social Security  Act 1991 ); or

        (ii)   the value of the person's assets (as provided for in the
               Social Security Act 1991) exceeds the indexed amount set out in
               paragraph 838(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991;";

   (b)  by omitting from the definition of "child" in subsection (12)
        "allowance" and substituting "payment" (wherever occurring).