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

Schedule 4   Cessation of bereavement allowance

Social Security Act 1991

61   After point 1067G-H12

Insert:

Exception to points 1067G-H11 and 1067G-H12

1067G-H12A Point 1067G-H11 or 1067G-H12 does not apply in relation to a person's entitlement referred to in paragraph 1067G-H11(c) or in relation to a person's termination payment referred to in paragraph 1067G-H12(b) if:

(a) the person makes a claim for youth allowance on or after the commencement of this point; and

(b) the person makes the claim after the death of the person's partner on or after the commencement of this point; and

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

(d) if the person is a woman who was pregnant when her partner died - the person makes the claim:

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

(ii) in the 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

(e) the entitlement referred to in paragraph 1067G-H11(c) arose, or the termination payment referred to in paragraph 1067G-H12(b) was paid, in the period applicable under paragraph (c) or (d) of this point.