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SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 229, 1992 - SECT 31

31. Section 1168 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting after subparagraph (1)(b)(iv) the following subparagraph:

"(iva) carer pension; or";

   (b)  by adding at the end of subsection (1) the following Note:

"Note 2: if a person, or a person's partner, was, at the time of an event that
gave rise to the entitlement of the person, or the person's partner, to
compensation, qualified for a pension, benefit or allowance referred to in
subsection (1), the compensation is treated as ordinary income.";

   (c)  by omitting from subparagraph (2)(c)(vi) "because of caring for the
        person";

   (d)  by omitting from column 3 of item 1 in the Reduction Table in
        subsection (3) "DSP" and substituting:

"CP
DSP";

   (e)  by omitting from column 3 of item 2 in the Reduction Table in
        subsection (3) "DSP" and substituting:

"CP
DSP";
(fl by omitting from column 3 of item 3 in the Reduction Table in subsection
(3) "DSP" and substituting:

"CP
DSP";

   (g)  by omitting from column 3 of item 4 in the Reduction Table in
        subsection (3) "DSP" and substituting:

"CP
DSP";

   (h)  by omitting from column 3 of item 5 in the Reduction Table in
        subsection (3) "DSP" and substituting:

"CP
DSP";

        (i)    by omitting from the Key to the Reduction Table in subsection
               (3) "CP = carer pension because of caring for the person" and
               substituting "CP = carer pension".