Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1993 No. 36, 1993 - SECT 36

36. Section 688 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting paragraphs (2)(b) and (c) and substituting the following
        paragraph:

"(b) the person is not subject to a waiting period;";

   (b)  by omitting Note 1 to subsection (2) and substituting the following
        Note:

"Note 1: A waiting period is:

   (a)  an unused annual leave waiting period (see sections 690 to 692); or

   (b)  an ordinary waiting period (see sections 693 and 694); or

   (c)  an education leavers waiting period (see sections 695 to 696A); or

   (d)  a newly arrived resident's waiting period (see sections 696B and
        696C).";

   (c)  by omitting subsections (3), (4) and (4A) and substituting the
        following subsection: Claim within 5 weeks of incapacity and waiting
        period applying

"(3) If the person:

   (a)  claims the allowance within 5 weeks after the day on which the person
        becomes incapacitated for work; and

   (b)  the person is subject to a waiting period; the allowance is not
        payable to the person before the first day after the end of the
        waiting period. Note 1: If the person:

   (a)  is subject to an unused annual leave waiting period; and

   (b)  an ordinary waiting period; the ordinary waiting period will follow
        the unused annual leave waiting period (see subsection 694(2)). Note
        2: If the person is subject to an education leavers waiting period and
        another waiting period, the education leavers waiting period runs
        concurrently with the other waiting period and the sickness allowance
        will not be payable until the longest waiting period has ended. Note
        3: If the person is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting
        period and another waiting period, the newly arrived resident's
        waiting period runs concurrently with the other waiting period and the
        sickness allowance will not be payable until the longest waiting
        period has ended.";

   (d)  by omitting paragraphs (6)(b) and (c) and substituting the following
        paragraph:

"(b) if the person is subject to a waiting period-must not be earlier than the
first day after the end of the waiting period. Note 1: If the person:

   (a)  is subject to an unused annual leave waiting period; and

   (b)  an ordinary waiting period; the ordinary waiting period will follow
        the unused annual leave waiting period (see subsection 694(2)). Note
        2: If the person is subject to an education leavers waiting period and
        another waiting period, the education leavers waiting period runs
        concurrently with the other waiting period and the sickness allowance
        will not be payable until the longest waiting period has ended. Note
        3: If the person is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting
        period and another waiting period, the newly arrived resident's
        waiting period runs concurrently with the other waiting period and the
        sickness allowance will not be payable until the longest waiting
        period has ended.".