Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 No. 46, 1991 - SECT 599

599. (1) A job search allowance is not payable to a person for a period during
which the person is qualified for job search allowance (see section 589) if
during that period:

   (a)  the person has not provided a tax file number (see section 600); or

   (b)  the value of the person's assets exceeds the person's assets value
        limit (see sections 601 and 602); or

   (c)  the person is a full-time student (see section 603); or

   (d)  another income support payment is being paid to the person (see
        section 604); or

   (e)  the job search allowance has not commenced to be payable (see sections
        606 and 633); or

   (f)  the person is subject to an unused annual leave waiting period and has
        not served that waiting period (see sections 607 to 609); or

   (g)  the person is subject to an ordinary waiting period and has not served
        that waiting period (see sections 610 and 611); or

   (h)  the person is subject to an education leavers waiting period and that
        period has not ended (see sections 612 and 613); or

   (j)  the person fails to comply with a requirement that the person:

   (i)  undertake a training course; or

   (ii) do suitable work; or

   (iii) attend an office of the CES;
as required by section 614; or

   (k)  a period of non-payment has been imposed because:

   (i)  the person's unemployment is due to a voluntary act of the person (see
        section 615); or

   (ii) the person's unemployment is due to misconduct by the person (see
        section 616); or

   (iii) the person has refused an offer of employment (see section 617); or

   (iv) the person had previously ceased to be qualified for unemployment
        benefit because the person was not taking reasonable steps to find
        work (see section 618); or

   (v)  the person failed to comply with notification requirements (see
        section 619); or

   (vi) the person had previously ceased to be qualified for unemployment
        benefit because the person was not registered with the CES (see
        section 620); or

   (vii) the person is a seasonal worker (see section 621); or

   (viii) the person moved to an area of lower employment (see section 622);
        or

   (m)  the person is in gaol (see Part 3.13); or

   (n)  the person is subject to a compensation preclusion period (see Part
        3.14).
Note 1: for "serving a waiting period" see subsection 23 (10). Note 2: "CES"
means Commonwealth Employment Service (see section 23).

(2) A job search allowance is not payable to a person if the person's job
search allowance rate would be nil.