Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 No. 46, 1991 - SECT 42

42. (1) Some payments under this Act are payday-based and others are
period-based.

(2) If a payday-based payment is payable to a person, the person will be paid
a full instalment of the payment on each payday during the period during which
the payment is payable to the person and will be paid nothing on a payday
outside that period. Note: the payday-based payments are the
social security pensions, family allowance and family allowance supplement.

(3) If a period-based payment is payable to a person, the person will be paid
only for the particular period (which might be less than a fortnight) in
respect of which the payment is payable. Note 1: the period-based payments are
the social security benefits. Note 2: the qualifications for a period-based
payment usually require the qualifying conditions to be met throughout a
particular period and the payment
is expressed as being "in respect of" or "for" that period.