Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 No. 46, 1991 - SECT 1211

1211. Social security benefits and family allowance supplement are not payable
to a person who is outside Australia because presence in Australia is
specified as an essential condition of qualification (see paragraphs 513 (b),
589 (1) (b), 666 (1) (g), 729 (2) (f) and 895 (1) (c)). Note 1: section 667
provides that a person is taken to be in Australia for the purposes of
subsection 666 (1) (qualification for sickness benefit) if the person is
temporarily absent from Australia for a period of 3 months or less. Note 2:
family allowance ceases to be payable:

   (a)  to a person who continues to be absent from Australia for more than 3
        years (see section 840); and

   (b)  ceases to be payable in respect of a dependent child of a person if
        the child leaves Australia at any time on or after 1986 and the child
        continues to be absent from Australia for more than 3 years (see
        section 836).