Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 229, 1992 - SECT 129

129. Section 729 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting after paragraph (2)(f) the following paragraph:

"(fa) the person is in Australia throughout the period; and";

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

"(5) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(fa), if:

   (a)  a person is temporarily absent from Australia; and

   (b)  the Secretary is satisfied that the person's absence is due to
        exceptional circumstances; the person is taken to be in Australia
        during:

   (c)  if the period does not exceed 13 weeks - the whole of that period; or

   (d)  if the period exceeds 13 weeks - the first 13 weeks of that period.".