Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 No. 46, 1991 - SECT 15

15. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"approved organisation" means an organisation approved under section 28;

"approved short-term vocational course" means a course approved under section
26;

"approved vocational course" means a course approved under section 27;

"average male full-time weekly earnings", in relation to employment undertaken
during a calendar year, means the amount set out under the headings

"males - full-time adults - average weekly ordinary time earnings" in the
document entitled "Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, Preliminary" published
by the Australian Statistician most recently before 1 January in that calendar
year;

"qualified beneficiary" has the meaning given by subsection (2).

(2) A person is a qualified beneficiary for a period if one or a combination
of the following has been payable to the person for that period:

   (a)  a social security benefit;

   (b)  a sole parent's pension;

   (c)  a payment as a trainee in full-time training under a program included
        in the programs known as Labour Force Programs. Note: a person is
        required to be a qualified beneficiary under sections 519, 522 to 527
        and 597 and 598.