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1 After subsection 1067A(10L)
Insert:
(10M) For the purposes of the application of paragraph (10)(a), (b) or (d) in relation to a person:
(a) if, for a week that falls wholly in the 2-year period referred to in paragraph (10)(a) and wholly in the COVID-19 concession period, the person was not in paid work consisting of full-time employment of at least 30 hours--the person is taken, for that week, to have been in paid work consisting of full-time employment of 30 hours; and
(b) if, for a week that falls wholly in the 2-year period referred to in paragraph (10)(b) and wholly in the COVID-19 concession period, the person was not in paid work consisting of part-time employment of at least 15 hours--the person is taken, for that week, to have been in paid work consisting of part-time employment of 15 hours; and
(c) if, for a week that falls wholly in the 14-month period referred to in paragraph (10)(d) and wholly in the COVID-19 concession period, the person was not in paid work consisting of employment that earnt the person at least the equivalent of 75% of the maximum rate applicable under that paragraph on 25 March 2020--the person is taken, for that week, to have been in paid work consisting of employment that earnt the person 75% of that maximum rate.
(10N) For the purposes of subsection (10M), the COVID-19 concession period is the period:
(a) beginning on 25 March 2020; and
(b) ending at the end of 24 September 2020.
2 Application and transitional provisions
(1) Subject to subitem (2), the amendment made by this Schedule applies in relation to the following:
(a) persons in receipt of youth allowance immediately before the commencement of this item;
(b) the following claims:
(i) claims for youth allowance made on or after the commencement of this item and before the end of 24 September 2022;
(ii) claims for youth allowance made before the commencement of this item that, immediately before that commencement, the Secretary had not determined.
(2) If, before the end of 24 September 2022, a person did not become independent under subsection 1067A(10) of the Social Security Act 1991 in reliance on subsection 1067A(10M) of that Act, as inserted by this Schedule, then subsection 1067A(10M) of that Act does not apply to the person after 24 September 2022.