Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 No. 46, 1991 - SECT 40

40. (1) In each Part dealing with a pension, benefit or allowance, this is the
order in which the provisions are presented:

   (a)  qualification and payability provisions (who is entitled to the
        payment);

   (b)  claim provisions (how is a claim made);

   (c)  rates provisions (how much will the payment be);

   (d)  determination of claim (when it will be granted from);

   (e)  payment provisions (how will payment be made and when will it
        commence);

   (f)  protection (how payments will be protected);

   (g)  recipient obligations provisions (what does the recipient need to do);

   (h)  variation and termination provisions (when can payment and rate be
        reviewed or changed);

   (j)  bereavement payments (payments available when a person's partner or
        child has died);

   (k)  fringe benefits (concessions available to people receiving that
        pension, benefit or allowance).

(2) Other relevant provisions are referred to in notes at the bottom of key
provisions in the Part.