Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 No. 46, 1991 - SECT 899

899. (1) If:

   (a)  a person has a dependent child; and

   (b)  a person lodges a claim for family allowance supplement in respect of
        the dependent child within 4 weeks of the birth of the
        dependent child; the person's provisional commencement day is the day
        on which the dependent child is born.

(2) If:

   (a)  a person has 3 or more dependent children born during the same
        multiple birth; and

   (b)  a person lodges a claim for family allowance supplement in respect of
        one of the dependent children within 13 weeks of the birth of the
        dependent children; the person's provisional commencement day is the
        day on which the dependent children are born.