Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FARM HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT ACT 1992 - SECT 8

             (1)  A person is not qualified, or ceases to be qualified, for farm household support if the person has received farm household support during a period of 2 years or during periods that add up to 2 years.

             (2)  If:

                     (a)  farm household support becomes payable, or is payable, to a person; and

                     (b)  during a period beginning on or after the commencement of this Act and not earlier than 12 months before the day on which farm household support becomes or became payable to the person, the person, or the person's partner (if any) at that time, was paid youth training allowance, job search allowance, newstart allowance, partner allowance, youth allowance or austudy payment;

that period is taken, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be a period during which the person received farm household support.

             (3)  If farm household support becomes payable, or is payable, to a person who has been, at any time, in receipt of Part C assistance by way of loans under a RAS scheme, any period during which the person received Part C assistance by way of loans under the RAS scheme is taken, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be a period during which the person received farm household support.