Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (POVERTY TRAPS REDUCTION) ACT 1985 No. 169, 1985 - SECT 14

14. Section 65A of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is
substituted: Rent assistance

"65. (1) Subject to this Part, this section applies to a widow who is
qualified to receive a pension under this Part in respect of any period during
which -

   (a)  the widow pays, or is liable to pay, rent at a rate exceeding $520
per annum; and

   (b)  the widow is in Australia.

"(2) Where this section applies to a widow, the maximum rate of pension under
this Part applicable to the widow shall be increased by an amount per annum
equal to -

   (a)  50% of the amount by which the amount of the annual rent paid,
or payable, by the widow exceeds $520; or

   (b)  $780, whichever is the lesser amount.".