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

Schedule 4   Cessation of bereavement allowance

Social Security Act 1991

39   After Subdivision A of Division 10 of Part 2.11

Insert:

Subdivision AA - One-off payment for death of partner

567FA Qualification for payment under this Subdivision

A person is qualified for a lump sum payment under this Subdivision if:

(a) the person is qualified for youth allowance on a day (the relevant day ); and

(b) youth allowance is payable to the person on the relevant day; and

(c) on or before the relevant day but after the commencement of this section, the person was a member of a couple and stopped being a member of a couple because the person's partner died; and

(d) the person is not a member of a couple on the relevant day; and

(e) when the person's partner died, both the person and the person's partner were Australian residents; and

(f) if the person is a man or a woman who was not pregnant when her partner died - the relevant day occurs in the period of 14 weeks starting on the day of the death of the partner; and

(g) if the person is a woman who was pregnant when her partner died - the relevant day occurs:

(i) in the period of 14 weeks starting on the day of the death of the partner; or

(ii) in the period (the relevant period ) starting on the day of the death of the partner and ending when the child is born or the woman otherwise stops being pregnant;

whichever ends later; and

(h) the relevant day is the day that the person first notifies the Secretary of the person's partner's death; and

(i) if the person is qualified for payments under section 567 in respect of the person's partner's death - the person has made a choice under subsection 567(2).

567FB Amount of payment

(1) The amount of the person's payment is worked out using the following formula (except if paragraph 567FA(g) applies in relation to the person):

(2) If subparagraph 567FA(g)(i) applies in relation to the person, the amount of the person's payment is worked out using the following formula:

(3) If subparagraph 567FA(g)(ii) applies in relation to the person, the amount of the person's payment is worked out using the following formula:

where:

additional amount means the amount worked out in accordance with the following table: