Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (POVERTY TRAPS REDUCTION) ACT 1985 No. 169, 1985 - SECT 21

21. Section 114 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection
(3) the following sub-section:

"(4) Where -

   (a)  the rate of an unemployment or sickness benefit applicable to a
person under sub-sections 112 (1), (2), (3) and (4) is increased
under another sub-section of section 112, under section 112A or
under such another sub-section and under 112A; and

   (b)  the rate of that benefit is to be reduced under this section, this
        section shall be applied first to the rate of that benefit apart from
        any increase, then to the amount of any increase under section 112A
        and then to the amount of any other increase.".