Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 229, 1992 - SECT 142

142. Section 688 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the
following subsections:

"(8) If:

   (a)  a person's maximum allowance period ends; and

   (b)  the person does not give the Secretary a certificate referred to in
        paragraph 669(5)(b) before the end of the person's maximum allowance
        period; and

   (c)  the sole dominant cause of the person failing to give the Secretary
        the certificate before the end of the person's maximum allowance
        period is either:

        (i)    the person's medical condition; or

        (ii)   an act or omission of an officer of the Department; and

   (d)  after the end of the person's maximum allowance period, the person
        claims the allowance in respect of the incapacity for which the
        allowance was previously granted; the allowance is not payable to the
        person before the day determined by the Secretary. Note: for 'maximum
        allowance period' see subsection 696(2).

"(9) The day determined under subsection (8) must not be more than 4 weeks
before the day on which the person lodges the claim for the allowance.".