Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND REPATRIATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 78, 1984 - SECT 58

58. Section 135TJ of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-sections (1) and (3) ''in writing''; and

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-sections:

''(1A) Subject to sub-section (1B), where an allowance under section 9 of the
Tuberculosis Act 1948 is payable to or in respect of a person-

   (a)  a pension under Part III or IV, a benefit under Part IVAAA or VII or
        an allowance under Part VIIA or VIII (other than under section 135D),
        is not payable to that person; and

   (b)  a pension under Division 5 or 6 of Part III is not payable to the
        spouse of that person,

in respect of any period in respect of which the first-mentioned allowance is
payable.

''(1B) Sub-section (1A) does not apply in respect of a person who is in
receipt of a pension under Part III and who-

   (a)  is permanently blind; or

   (b)  having attained the age of 70 years, is in receipt of a pension at a
        rate determined in accordance with sub-section 28(2AB) or (2AC).''.