Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1982 No. 98, 1982 - SECT 57

57. Section 83A of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition ''pensioner'' and
substituting the following definition:

'' 'pensioner' means a person-

   (a)  to whom or in respect of whom there is being paid an age or invalid
        pension under Part III, a pension under Part IV or a benefit under
        Part IVAAA;

   (b)  who would be eligible to receive a pension or benefit of the kind
        referred to in paragraph (a) if the person were not a person to whom
        or in respect of whom there is being paid a sheltered employment
        allowance under Part VIIA or an allowance is payable under the
        Tuberculosis Act 1948; or

   (c)  who is receiving a rehabilitation allowance under Part VIII and who,
        immediately before becoming eligible to receive that allowance, was
        eligible to receive a pension or benefit of the kind referred to in
        paragraph (a) or a sheltered employment allowance under Part VIIA,

other than a person who is a prescribed person within the meaning of section
83CA.''; and

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

''(3) For the purposes of the definition of 'deceased child' in sub-section
(1), a person who is receiving a rehabilitation allowance under Part VIII and
who was, immediately before he became eligible to receive that allowance,
eligible to receive an invalid pension under Part III, shall be taken to be in
receipt of an invalid pension under Part III.''.