Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 128, 1978 - SECT 37

37. Section 105H of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from the definition of ''endowment period'' in sub-section
(1) ''determined'';

   (b)  by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) and substituting the
        following paragraph:

''(b) where the Director-General considers than an absence of a child from its
home is of such short duration that it should be disregarded for the purposes
of this Part (other than section 105M) the Director-General may give a
direction accordingly.''; and

   (c)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

''(3) Where a person who is wholly or substantially dependent on another
person-

   (a)  has attained the age of 16 years but is under the age of 25 years;

   (b)  is receiving full-time education at a school, college or university;

   (c)  is not in employment or engaged in work on his own account; and

   (d)  is not in receipt of an invalid pension under Part III,

the provisions of this Part (including the provisions of sub-section (2))
apply in relation to that person as if that person were a child in the
custody, care and control of that other person.''.