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 6   Working credit

Part 3   Amendment of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

41   At the end of section 98

Add:

(2) If:

(a) a person is receiving a social security payment; and

(b) the person's partner starts to receive:

(i) a social security pension or benefit; or

(ii) a service pension; and

(c) because the partner starts to receive that pension or benefit, the person's working credit balance or student income bank balance is reduced to nil; and

(d) either because of the reduction of the balance to nil or because of the balance having already been reduced to nil - the person's social security payment rate is to be reduced;

the social security payment becomes payable to the person at the reduced rate on:

(e) if the rate reduction is attributable to the reduction of the balance to nil - the day on which the balance was so reduced; and

(f) if the rate reduction is attributable to the balance having already been reduced to nil - the first day on which the opening balance was nil.