Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1993 No. 121, 1993 - SECT 15

15. Section 532 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting from subsection (4) "A" and substituting "Subject to
        subsections (5) and (6), a";

   (b)  by adding at the end the following subsection:

"(6) If:

   (a)  a person enrols in a full-time course of education; and

   (b)  the course is to last for 6 months or more; and

   (c)  an application is made for a payment in respect of the person under:

        (i)    the AUSTUDY Scheme; or

        (ii)   the ABSTUDY Schools Scheme; or

        (iii)  the ABSTUDY Tertiary Scheme; and

   (d)  the person was receiving job search allowance immediately before the
        start of the course; the Secretary may decide that, in spite of
        subsection (4), job search allowance is payable to the person until:

   (e)  the application is determined; or

   (f)  the end of the period of 3 weeks commencing on the day on which the
        course starts; whichever happens first.".