Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 81, 1992 - SECT 45

45. Section 1068 of the Principal Act is amended in Benefit Rate Calculator B:

   (a)  by adding at the end of Note 2 to Table B in point 1068-B1 "and point
        1068-B2";

   (b)  by inserting after point 1068-B1 the following point in Module B:
Meaning of "dependent child"

"1068-B2. For the purposes of items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11 of Table B in
point 1068-B1, a young person who has not turned 16 can be a dependent child
of a person even though:

   (a)  the young person is not in full-time education; and

   (b)  the young person is in receipt of income from employment; and

   (c)  the rate of that income exceeds $107.70 per week. Note 1: a young
        person covered by this point would not normally count as a dependent
        child (see subsection 5(3)). Note 2: the amount in paragraph (c) is
        indexed annually in line with CPI increases (see sections 1191 to
        1194).".