Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 81, 1992 - SECT 19

19. Section 259 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting from subsection (1) "A", and substituting "Subject to
        subsections (3) and (4), a";

   (b)  by adding at the end the following subsections:

"(3) If:

   (a)  a person is receiving a wife pension; and

   (b)  the person's partner dies; and

   (c)  immediately before the end of the bereavement period the person is
        qualified for wife pension; and

   (d)  immediately after the end of that period the person is qualified for
        sole parent pension; the person does not have to make a claim for the
        sole parent pension.

"(4) If:

   (a)  a person is receiving a carer pension for caring for the person's
        partner; and

   (b)  the person's partner dies; and

   (c)  immediately before the end of the bereavement period the person is
        qualified for carer pension; and

   (d)  immediately after the end of that period the person is qualified for
        sole parent pension; the person does not have to make a claim for the
        sole parent pension.".