Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1989 No. 83, 1989 - SECT 6

6. Section 33 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (4) and
substituting the following subsection:

"(4) Where a person has a dependent child or dependent children, the maximum
rate of pension applicable to that person under subsection (1) shall, subject
to subsections (5) and (6), be increased or, if subsection (3) applies to the
person, be further increased, by:

   (a)  in respect of each dependent child who is under 13 years-an amount per
        year worked out by multiplying by 52 the amount specified in paragraph
        74 (1) (a);

   (b)  in respect of each dependent child who has turned 13 years but is
        under 16 years-an amount per year worked out by multiplying by 52 the
        amount specified in paragraph 74 (1) (b); and

   (c)  in respect of each dependent child who is not a prescribed student
        child of the person and who has turned 16 years-an amount per year
        worked out by multiplying by 52 the amount specified in paragraph 74
        (1) (c).". Commencement: 1 July 1989