Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 694

             (1)  If a person:

                     (a)  is subject to an ordinary waiting period; and

                     (c)  is not disqualified for sickness allowance under section 676 (liquid assets test);

the ordinary waiting period is the period of 7 days that starts on the person's start day.

Note 3:       If the person is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period, the newly arrived resident's waiting period runs concurrently with the ordinary waiting period.

             (3)  If a person:

                     (a)  is subject to an ordinary waiting period; and

                     (c)  is disqualified for sickness allowance under section 676 (liquid assets test);

the ordinary waiting period is the period of 7 days that starts on the day after the end of the period referred to in subsection 676(3).

             (6)  If:

                     (a)  after the commencement of this subsection, a person becomes unemployed and claims newstart allowance; and

                     (b)  because of sections 620 and 621 (ordinary waiting period), newstart allowance is not payable to the person for a period starting on the day (the applicable day ) applicable to the person under subparagraph (i) or (ii), as the case may be:

                              (i)  if the person is not disqualified for newstart allowance under section 598 (liquid assets test)--the person's newstart allowance start day; or

                             (ii)  if the person is disqualified for newstart allowance under section 598 (liquid assets test)--the day after the day on which the person's newstart allowance liquid assets waiting period ends; and

                     (c)  during that period the person becomes temporarily incapacitated for work and claims sickness allowance;

then, despite subsections (1), (2) and (3), the person's ordinary waiting period is a period of 7 days starting on the applicable day.