Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 81, 1992 - SECT 42

42. Section 560 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "is to" and substituting "may";

   (b)  by omitting subsections (2) and (3) and substituting the following
        subsections:

"(2) The job search training supplement is made up of one or more of the
following:

   (a)  an amount to assist with the person's expenses in undertaking the
        training (in this section called the 'training component');

   (b)  an amount to assist with the person's expenses in living away from the
        person's usual residence while undertaking the training (in this
        section called the 'living away from home component');

   (c)  an amount to assist with the person's expenses in maintaining the
        person's usual residence while living away from that residence and
        undertaking the training (in this section called the 'home base
        maintenance component').

"(3) A person is to receive an amount for the training component only if the
person has turned 21.

"(4) The maximum amount of the training component is $60.00 per fortnight.

"(5) The maximum amount of the living away from home component is:

   (a)  if the person has turned 18 - $40.00 per fortnight; or

   (b)  if the person has not turned 18 - $30.00 per fortnight.

"(6) The maximum amount of the home base maintenance component is $75.80 per
fortnight.

"(7) The Employment Secretary is to calculate the amount (if any) of the job
search training supplement by determining:

   (a)  which of the 3 components the person is to receive; and

   (b)  the appropriate amount for each component that the person is to
        receive.".