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

10   After subsection 603(1)

Insert:

(1A) If a person:

(a) is at least 50 years of age; and

(b) either:

(i) has not been required to enter into a Newstart Activity Agreement; or

(ii) having been required to enter into a Newstart Activity Agreement, is not, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, unreasonably delaying entering into that agreement;

the person is taken to have satisfied the activity test during the period starting when the person claimed, or is to be taken to have claimed, a newstart allowance and ending:

(c) if the person has been required to enter into a Newstart Activity Agreement but has failed, or is taken to have failed, to enter that agreement - when the person so failed or is taken to have so failed; or

(d) in any other case - when the person has entered into such an agreement.