Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 229, 1992 - SECT 8

8. Section 729 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the
following subsection:

"(6) If:

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

   (b)  the person claims a special benefit 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 special benefit 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 special benefit for the whole of the 14
        day period. Note: subsection (6) operates when a person transfers from
        a pension to a special benefit and the person is not qualified for a
        special benefit 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 special benefit
        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 special benefit.".