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

Schedule 5   Cessation of sickness allowance

Part 2   Amendments commencing 20 September 2020

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

143   Saving provisions - qualification for payments

(1) Despite the amendments made by this Part, subsections 94(6) and 95(2) 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 whether a person was qualified for a disability support pension in relation to days before that commencement.

(2) Despite the amendments made by this Part, section 771HA 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 if a person is qualified for a partner allowance in relation to a period before that commencement.

(3) If before the commencement of this item:

(a) a person was receiving partner allowance; and

(b) the person's partner died; and

(c) immediately before the deceased partner died, the deceased partner was receiving sickness allowance;

then Division 9 of Part 2.15A of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before that commencement, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to that death as if the amendments made by this Part had not been made.

(4) Despite the amendments made by this Part, subsections 1061Q(2B), (3), (3A), (3F) and (3G) 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 qualification for a telephone allowance before, on or after that commencement.