Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Act 2018 (26 of 2018)

Schedule 1   Creation of the jobseeker payment

Part 1   Main amendments

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

350   Saving and transitional provisions - rates of payments

(1) Despite the amendments made by this Part, section 1061JU of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to working out the amount of a crisis payment in relation to days before that commencement.

(2) Despite the amendments made by this Part, section 1061KC of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to working out the rate of a person's Disaster Recovery Allowance in relation to days before that commencement.

(3) Despite the amendments made by this Part, paragraphs 1067G-D2(b) and 1067G-H26(b) of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continue to apply on and after that commencement in relation to working out the rate of youth allowance for days occurring before that commencement.

(4) Despite the amendments made by this Part, table item 23 of Module L of the Youth Allowance Rate Calculator in section 1067G of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to:

(a) working out if a person is a family member in relation to another person for the purposes of Part 2.11 of that Act and that Rate Calculator in relation to days before that commencement; or

(b) working out if a person is exempt from the parental income test for the purposes of that Rate Calculator in relation to days before that commencement.

(5) Despite the amendments made by this Part, paragraph 1067L-D25(b) of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to working out the rate of austudy payment for days occurring before that commencement.

(6) Despite the amendments made by this Part, paragraph 1068B-D22(b) of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to working out the rate of benefit PP (partnered) for days occurring before that commencement.

(7) Despite the amendments made by this Part, paragraph 1070(e) of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to working out the rate of rent assistance in relation to newstart allowance for days occurring before that commencement.

(8) If:

(a) section 1073K of the Social Security Act 1991 applies to a person in the 2018-19 financial year; and

(b) in relation to the person, the last day of the 12-month period referred to in paragraph 1073K(2)(c) of that Act is on or after 20 March 2020;

then, for the purposes of working out the rate of jobseeker payment for the person, the amount of $5,000 referred to in subsection 1073K(2) of that Act is reduced by the amount of ordinary income disregarded in relation to the person and that period in working out the rate of newstart allowance for the person.