Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 4) 1989 No. 164, 1989 - SECT 36

36. Section 33 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

"(2A) Where the Secretary is satisfied that:

   (a)  a married person or his or her spouse has entered approved respite
        care; and

   (b)  the person or spouse remained, or is likely to remain, in that
        approved respite care for at least 14 consecutive days; the Secretary
        may direct that the maximum rate of pension under this Part in
        relation to the married person is, during the respite period, the rate
        specified in paragraph (1) (a)."; Commencement: 1 November 1989

   (b)  by inserting in paragraph (3) (b) "or (2A)" after "(2)"; Commencement:
        1 November 1989

   (c)  by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:

"(3) Where an unmarried person, or a married person covered by a direction in
force under subsection (2) or (2A), has at least one dependent child:

   (a)  who is under 18; or

   (b)  who is a student child other than a prescribed student child; or

   (c)  in respect of whom the person receives child disability allowance
        under Part XII; the maximum rate of pension applicable to the person
        under paragraph (1) (a) is, subject to subsection (6), increased by
        $624 per annum.". Commencement: 1 January 1990