Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1989 No. 83, 1989 - SECT 9

9. Section 61 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "Where" and substituting "Subject to
subsection (3A), where";
(b) by omitting from subsection (2) "Where" and substituting "Subject to
subsection (3A), where";

   (c)  by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

"(3A) Where subsection 65 (3) applies in relation to a pension payable to a
person, the annual rate of the pension payable to the person is the rate
worked out using the formula:
P X Q
300 where:
P is the annual rate of pension that would be payable to the person if the
person were in Australia and were qualified to receive the pension;
Q is the number of months of the period of residence in Australia of the
person or 300, whichever is the lower number.'';
(d) by inserting in subsection (5) ''(other than subsection (3A))'' after
"This section". Commencement: Day of Royal Assent