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SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1994 No. 109, 1994 - SCHEDULE 1

                          SCHEDULE 1              Section 19

AMENDMENTS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 CONSEQUENTIAL UPON
DIVISION 2 OF PART 2
1. Subsection 17(1) (definition of "compensation affected payment"): After
paragraph (f) insert:

"(fa) disability wage supplement; or".
2. Subsection 17(1) (definition of "disability support wife pension"): Add at
the end "or disability wage supplement".
3. Subsection 94(6): After "pension" (last occurring) insert ", disability
wage supplement".
4. Subsection 95(2): After "pension" (last occurring) insert ", disability
wage supplement".
5. Subsection 100(1): Omit "and (4)", substitute ", (4) and (5)".
6. Section 100: Add at the end:

"(5) If:

   (a)  disability wage supplement ceased to be payable to a person on a
        particular day ('relevant day'); and

   (b)  on the relevant day the person was qualified for disability support
        pension; and

   (c)  the person makes a claim for disability support pension more than 14
        days after the relevant day but within 3 months after the relevant
        day; and

   (d)  the Secretary is satisfied that an incapacity of the person was the
        sole or dominant cause why the person did not make the claim within 14
        days after the relevant day; the person's provisional commencement day
        is the first pension payday after the relevant day.".
7. Section 106: Add at the end:

"(3) If:

   (a)  disability wage supplement ceases to be payable to a person; and

   (b)  the person is qualified for disability support pension; and

   (c)  the Secretary determines that the person is to be automatically
        transferred to disability support pension; the person does not have to
        make a claim for disability support pension.".
8. Subparagraph 147(1)(b)(i): Omit "or disability support pension", substitute
", disability support pension or disability wage supplement".
9. Paragraph 147(1A)(a): After "1991" insert "or is receiving disability wage
supplement".
10. Paragraph 175B(c): After "disability support pension" insert ", disability
wage supplement".
11. Paragraph 186(1)(d): After "pension" insert ", disability wage
supplement".
12. Paragraph 225B(d): After "disability support pension" insert ", disability
wage supplement".
13. After subparagraph 237(1)(d)(ii): Insert:

"(iia) disability wage supplement; or".
14. Sub-subparagraph 249(2)(b)(i)(B): Omit "or a disability support pension",
substitute ", a disability support pension or disability wage supplement".
15. Sub-subparagraph 262(2)(b)(i)(B): Omit "or a disability support pension",
substitute ", a disability support pension or disability wage supplement".
16. After subparagraph 303(1)(d)(iii): Insert:

"(iv) disability wage supplement; or".
17. After section 664F: Insert: Disability wage supplement

"664FA.(1) A person is qualified for an employment entry payment if the
person:

   (a)  has made a claim for disability wage supplement; and

   (b)  is qualified for disability wage supplement; and

   (c)  has not, within the last 12 months, received:

        (i)    a payment under this Part; or

        (ii)   an employment entry payment made under the supported wage
               system administered by the Human Services Department.

"(2) A person is qualified for an employment entry payment if:

   (a)  the person has made a claim for disability wage supplement; and

   (b)  the person would be qualified for disability wage supplement if the
        Human Services Secretary had advised the Secretary that the person was
        participating in the supported wage system administered by the Human
        Services Department; and

   (c)  the Human Services Secretary has advised the Secretary that the person
        has begun a trial period for the purposes of participating in that
        supported wage system; and

   (d)  the person has not, within the last 12 months, received:

        (i)    a payment under this Part; or

        (ii)   an employment entry payment made under the supported wage
               system administered by the Human Services Department.

"(3) A person is qualified for an employment entry payment if:

   (a)  the person has made a claim for disability wage supplement; and

   (b)  the person would be qualified for disability wage supplement if the
        Human Services Secretary had advised the Secretary that the person was
        participating in the supported wage system administered by the Human
        Services Department; and

   (c)  the Human Services Secretary has advised the Secretary that the person
        is likely:

        (i)    to participate in that supported wage system; or

        (ii)   to undergo a trial period for the purpose of participating in
               that supported wage system; and

   (d)  the person has not, within the last 12 months, received:

        (i)    a payment under this Part; or

        (ii)   an employment entry payment made under the supported wage
               system administered by the Human Services Department.

"(4) The payment may be made at the time determined by the Secretary but may
not be made more than 28 days before the day advised by the Human Services
Secretary as the day on which the person is likely to start participating in
the system or undergoing the trial period. Amount of section 664FA payment

"664FB. The amount of an employment entry payment under section 664FA is
$300.".
18. Subsection 665(1): After "664E" insert ", 664FA".
19. Heading to Division 2 of Part 2.13A: Omit the heading, substitute the
following heading:

"Division 2-Recipients of disability support pension or disability wage
supplement".
20. Paragraph 665E(a): After "pension" insert "or disability wage supplement".
21. Subsection 666(9): After "allowance" (second occurring) insert ",
disability wage supplement".
22. Subsection 667(5): After "allowance" (second occurring) insert ",
disability wage supplement".
23. Paragraph 671(2)(b): After "pension" insert "or disability wage
supplement".
24. Subsection 671(2): After "pension" insert "or disability wage supplement".
25. After subparagraph 1133(1)(a)(v): Insert:

"(va) disability wage supplement; or".