Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 731G

             (1)  Subject to subsection (3), a person to whom this Subdivision applies who has reached 55 years is taken to satisfy the activity test in respect of each period of 2 weeks while the person is receiving special benefit (the relevant period ) if the person:

                     (a)  is engaged in approved unpaid voluntary work for an approved organisation for at least 30 hours in the relevant period; or

                     (b)  is engaged, for at least 30 hours in the relevant period, in a combination of:

                              (i)  approved unpaid voluntary work for an approved organisation; and

                             (ii)  paid work that the Secretary regards as suitable; or

                     (c)  is engaged for at least 30 hours in the period in paid work that the Secretary regards as suitable.

             (3)  This section does not apply to a person in respect of a day in a relevant period if, having regard to the opportunities, or possible opportunities, for employment that become available to the person on or before the day, the Secretary considers that this section is not to apply to the person in respect of that day.

             (4)  In this section:

"approved organisation" is an organisation that has been approved by the Secretary for the purposes of this section.

"approved voluntary unpaid work" , either full-time or otherwise, is work that has been approved by the Secretary for the purposes of this section.