Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (POVERTY TRAPS REDUCTION) ACT 1985 No. 169, 1985 - SECT 30

30. (1) Where -

   (a)  immediately before the commencement of this section, an allowance
was payable to a person under sub-section 22 (2) of the Social 
Services Amendment Act 1981 ; and (b) the person is or becomes eligible to
receive an increase in the rate of pension, benefit or allowance payable to
the person under section 30, 65 or 112A of the Principal Act as amended by
this Act, and the amount of that increase is greater than the amount of the
allowance referred to in paragraph (a), sub-section 22 (2) of the
Social Services Amendment Act 1981 ceases to apply in relation to the person.

(2) Where -

   (a)  immediately before the commencement of this section, an allowance
was payable to a person under sub-section 22 (2) of the Social 
Services Amendment Act 1981 ; and

   (b)  the person is or becomes eligible to receive an increase in the rate
        of pension, benefit or allowance payable to the person under section
        30, 65 or 112A of the Principal Act as amended by this Act, and the
        amount of that increase is less than or equal to the amount of the
        allowance referred to in paragraph (a), sub-section 22 (2) of the
        Social Services Amendment Act 1981 continues to apply in relation to
        the person and section 30, 65 or 112A, as the case may be, of the
        Principal Act as amended by this Act does not apply in relation to the
        person.