Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1993 No. 121, 1993 - SECT 13

13. After section 525 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted
in Subdivision B of Division 1 of Part 2.11: Relief from activity test-special
circumstances

"525AA.(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a person is not required to
satisfy the activity test for a period if:

   (a)  the Secretary is satisfied that special circumstances, beyond the
        person's control, exist; and

   (b)  the Secretary is satisfied that in those circumstances it would be
        unreasonable to expect the person to comply with the activity test for
        that period.

"(2) The period referred to in subsection (1) is not to exceed 13 weeks.

"(3) If:

   (a)  the Secretary makes a number of determinations under subsection (1);
        and

   (b)  the periods to which the determinations relate form a continuous
        period; the continuous period is not to exceed 13 weeks.".