Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 81, 1992 - SECT 26

26. Section 620 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting after paragraph (f) the following paragraph:

"(fa) the following conditions apply:

        (i)    the person is a member of a couple;

        (ii)   the person's partner dies;

        (iii)  immediately before the partner's death the partner was
               receiving a social security benefit in relation to which the
               person was the benefit increase partner;

        (iv)   within the period of 4 weeks that starts on the day after the
               day on which the partner dies the former benefit increase
               partner claims a newstart allowance; or";

   (b)  by adding at the end the following Note: "Note 7: for 'benefit
        increase partner' see subsection 4(10).".