Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1993 No. 121, 1993 - SECT 71

71. Section 1163 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

"(1) If a person is or may be entitled to or receives compensation, the
following social security payments of the person or the person's partner might
be affected under this Part:

   (a)  disability support pension;

   (b)  sole parent pension;

   (c)  social security benefit;

   (d)  rehabilitation allowance payable in place of one of those;

   (e)  disability support wife pension;

   (f)  carer pension;

   (g)  special needs disability support pension;

   (h)  special needs disability support wife pension. Note: These payments
        are defined in section 17 as 'compensation affected payments'.";

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

"(9) This Part operates in certain specified circumstances to affect a
person's compensation affected payment because of compensation received by the
person or the person's partner. This Part is not intended to contain any
implication that, in addition to those specified circumstances, there needs to
be some connection between the circumstances that give rise to the person's
qualification for the payment and the circumstances that give rise to the
person's or the partner's compensation. Note: See the Note to subsection
1184(2) for more background information.".