PAID PARENTAL LEAVE ACT 2010 - SECT 178 Exemption from interest charge--general

PAID PARENTAL LEAVE ACT 2010 - SECT 178

    A person is not liable to pay interest charge under section   174 or 175 if on the day before the start of the period in respect of which the person would otherwise have been liable to pay that charge:

  (a)   the person is receiving instalments of family tax benefit (within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 ); or

  (b)   the person is receiving a social security payment (within the meaning of the Social Security Act); or

  (c)   the person is receiving a payment of pension, veteran payment or allowance under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 ; or

  (d)   the person is receiving instalments under the ABSTUDY scheme (also known as the Aboriginal Study Assistance Scheme) that includes an amount identified as living allowance; or

  (e)   the person is receiving instalments under the Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme; or

  (f)   the circumstances prescribed by the PPL rules apply in relation to the person.