Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Australians Working Together and other 2001 Budget Measures) Act 2003 (Incorporating amendments up to Act No. 122 of 2003) (35 of 2003)

Schedule 5   Flexible participation requirements for mature age newstart allowees

Social Security Act 1991

14   At the end of section 644B

Add:

(2) If:

(a) a newstart allowance becomes not payable to a person because of a failure to comply with a requirement to attend at a particular place for a particular purpose in accordance with a notice issued under paragraph 63(3)(c); and

(b) the person is at least 50 years of age at the time of the administrative breach referred to in paragraph (a); and

(c) not more than 13 weeks after the start of the administrative breach rate reduction period applicable to the person by reason of the breach referred to in paragraph (a):

(i) the person attends that place for that purpose; or

(ii) the person complies with an alternative requirement that the Secretary notifies to the person (whether orally or in writing);

this Act has effect, for the purpose only of determining the rate of newstart allowance during the balance of the rate reduction period, as if the rate reduction period had never applied.