Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 No. 46, 1991 - SECT 549

549. (1) If:

   (a)  an unemployment benefit or a job search allowance was payable to a
        person; and

   (b)  the person ceased to be qualified for that benefit or allowance
        because the person:

   (i)  was not registered at the CES (see subparagraph 513 (b) (iv) and
        subparagraph 589 (1) (b) (iv)); and

   (ii) the Secretary has not excused the person from being registered at the
        CES under section 516 or 592; and

   (c)  the person later becomes qualified for unemployment benefit; an
        unemployment benefit is not payable to the person for a period
        determined, in writing, by the Secretary. Note: where a person has
        been paid unemployment benefit or a job search allowance while the
        person was not qualified because he or she was not registered at the
        CES, an overpayment may arise (see Chapter 5). Subsection (1) does not
        prevent the Secretary from taking action to recover the overpayment.

(2) The Secretary may determine in writing the day on which the period of
non-payment imposed by subsection (1) commences and that day may be before the
day of the determination.