Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1982 No. 37, 1982 - SECT 18

18. After section 96 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Family allowance not to be granted or paid to certain persons

''97. (1) A family allowance shall not be granted or paid to a person (not
being an Australian citizen or a permanent resident of Australia) who is-

   (a)  the head of a diplomatic mission, or the head of a consular post,
        established in Australia;

   (b)  a member of the staff of a diplomatic mission, or a member of the
        consular staff of a consular post, established in Australia;

   (c)  a person who is a member of the armed forces of a country other than
        Australia and who is not serving with the Defence Force; or

   (d)  a member of the family of a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b)
        or (c), being a member who, in the opinion of the Director-General,
        forms part of the household of that person.

''(2) A family allowance shall not be granted or paid to a person who is a
prohibited immigrant within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958.

''(3) In sub-section (1)-

   (a)  expressions that are defined by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
        Relations, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the
        Schedule to the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967, have
        the same respective meanings as in that convention; and

   (b)  expressions that are defined by the Vienna Convention on Consular
        Relations, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the
        Schedule to the Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1972, have the
        same respective meanings as in that convention.''.