Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1994 No. 109, 1994 - SECT 63

63. Section 52 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (1) and
substituting the following subsections:

"(1) If a person sold his or her farm within the person's grant period, the
total amount of farm household support paid to the person is converted into a
grant and the person is not liable to repay any instalments of farm household
support.



"(1A) If the person sold his or her farm within 9 months from the beginning of
the person's grant period, the person is also entitled to a grant:

   (a)  if the person is not a member of a couple-equal to the amount of job
        search allowance that would be payable to the person for the
        qualifying period if, under the Social Security Act 1991:

        (i)    the person were entitled to receive job search allowance for
               the qualifying period; and

        (ii)   job search allowance were payable to the person at the rate
               that would be the person's maximum payment rate at the
               beginning of the qualifying period; or

   (b)  if the person is a member of a couple-equal to the amount of job
        search allowance that would be payable to the person for the
        qualifying period, if under the Social Security Act 1991:

        (i)    the person were entitled to receive job search allowance for
               the qualifying period; and

        (ii)   job search allowance were payable to the person at the rate
               that would be the person's maximum payment rate at the
               beginning of the qualifying period; plus the amount of partner
               allowance that would be payable to the person's partner for the
               qualifying period if, under the Social Security Act  1991 :

        (iii)  the partner were entitled to receive partner allowance for the
               qualifying period; and

        (iv)   partner allowance were payable to the partner at the rate that
               would be the partner's maximum payment rate at the beginning of
               the qualifying period.



"(1B) In this section, 'qualifying period' means the period beginning from the
sale of the farm and ending at the end of the 9 months period referred to in
subsection (1A).".