Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1989 No. 83, 1989 - SECT 14

14. Section 88 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) and substituting the
        following subsections:

"(1) The amount of family allowance payable to a person in respect of a child
on a family allowance payday occurring after 1 July 1989 is as follows:

   (a)  except where paragraph (b) applies-the amount payable is $18;

   (b)  where there are 4 or more children in respect of whom family allowance
        is payable and the child is not one of the 3 eldest-the amount payable
        is $24.

"(2) The amount of family allowance payable to an institution in respect of a
child on a family allowance payday occurring after 1 July 1989 is $24.";

   (b)  by omitting from subsection (5) "Subsections (6) and (7) apply" and
        substituting "Subsection (7) applies";

   (c)  by omitting subsection (6). Commencement: 1 July 1989