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SOCIAL SECURITY (BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1993 No. 121, 1993 - SECT 76
Rate reduction of certain pensions, benefits and allowances where periodic compensation payments received
76. Section 1168 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting paragraph (1)(b) and substituting the following paragraph:
"(b) the person is qualified for a compensation affected payment for the
periodic payments period; and";
(b) by omitting from paragraph (1)(c) "qualified for a pension, benefit or
allowance" and substituting "receiving a compensation affected
payment";
(c) by omitting from Note 2 to subsection (1) "qualified for a pension,
benefit or allowance referred to in subsection (1)" and substituting
"receiving a compensation affected payment";
(d) by omitting subsection (2) and substituting the following Note:
"Note 3: Subsection (1) can apply to both members of a couple so as to reduce
both their social security payments. For example, if a wife pensioner receives
periodic compensation payments and her partner is receiving a disability
support pension, subsection (1) applies to the wife pensioner to reduce her
pension and to the partner to reduce his pension.";
(e) by inserting in column 4 of item 2 of the Reduction Table in
subsection
(3) "SNDSWP" after "SNDSP";
(f) by inserting in column 4 of item 3 of the Reduction Table in
subsection
(3) "SNDSWP" after "SNDSP";
(g) by inserting in column 3 of item 4 of the Reduction Table in
subsection
(3) "DSWP" after "SSB";
(h) by inserting in column 3 of item 4 of the Reduction Table in
subsection
(3) "SNDSWP" after "SNDSP";
(i) by inserting in column 4 of item 4 of the Reduction Table in
subsection
(3) "SNDSWP" after "SNDSP";
(j) by inserting in column 3 of item 5 of the Reduction Table in
subsection
(3) "DSWP" after "SSB";
(k) by inserting in column 3 of item 5 of the Reduction Table in
subsection
(3) "SNDSWP" after "SNDSP";
(l) by inserting in column 4 of item 5 of the Reduction Table in
subsection
(3) "SNDSWP" after "SNDSP";
(m) by omitting from column 4 of items 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Reduction
Table
in subsection (3) "WP" and substituting "DSWP";
(n) by omitting from the Key to the Reduction Table in subsection (3) "WP
= wife pension" and substituting "DSWP = disability support wife
pension";
(o) by inserting in the Key to the Reduction Table in subsection (3)
"SNDSWP = special needs disability support wife pension" after "SNDSP
= special needs disability support pension".
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