Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (POVERTY TRAPS REDUCTION) ACT 1985 No. 169, 1985 - SECT 8

8. Section 32 of the Principal Act is amended -

   (a)  by omitting from paragraph (2) (a) "$1,300" and substituting "$1,820";
        and

   (b)  by adding at the end the following sub-section:

"(3) Where -

   (a)  the rate of a wife's pension applicable to a wife is increased
under this section, under section 30 or under this section and
under section 30; and

   (b)  the rate of that pension is to be reduced under sub-section (2) of
        this section, that sub-section shall be applied first to the rate of
        that pension apart from any increase under this section or under
        section 30, then to the amount of any increase under section 30 and
        then to the amount of any increase under this section.".