Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FARM HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT ACT 1992 - SECT 8E

             (1)  A person is not qualified for farm help income support in respect of a particular claim if farm help income support has already been paid to the person in respect of a period of 6 months or more, or periods that add up to 6 months or more, pursuant to an earlier claim, or earlier claims.

             (2)  If a person's partner (if any) during a period was paid farm help income support in respect of the period, that period is taken, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be a period in respect of which the person has been paid farm help income support.

             (3)  A person is not qualified for farm help income support in respect of a particular claim if farm help income support has already been paid to the person pursuant to 2 earlier claims.

             (4)  If, when a claim is lodged, the person who makes the claim is another person's partner, farm help income support paid to the person pursuant to the claim is taken, for the purposes of subsection (3), to be farm help income support paid to both the person and the person's partner pursuant to the claim.