Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 229, 1992 - SECT 6

6.(1) Section 593 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the
following subsection:

"(4) If:

   (a)  a person was receiving a social security pension or a service pension;
        and

   (b)  the person claims a newstart allowance within 14 days of the day on
        which the last instalment of the person's pension was paid; and

   (c)  the person becomes qualified for a newstart allowance at some time
        during the 14 day period but after the first day of that period; the
        person is taken to be qualified for a newstart allowance for the whole
        of the 14 day period. Note: subsection (4) operates when a person
        transfers from a pension to a newstart allowance and the person is not
        qualified for a newstart allowance immediately after the day on which
        the person's last instalment of pension is paid. The subsection deems
        the person to be so qualified. As a result, the person may be paid a
        newstart allowance for the period beginning on the day after the day
        on which the person's last instalment of pension was paid. The
        subsection aims to ensure that there is minimal disruption to a
        person's payments when a person transfers from a pension to a newstart
        allowance.".

(2) Subsection 593(4) of the Principal Act inserted by subsection (1) comes
after subsection 593(3) of that Act inserted by paragraph 135(1)(c) of this
Act.