Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 121, 1979 - SECT 12

12. Section 32 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section
(1) the following sub-section:

''(1A) Where the Director-General is satisfied that-

   (a)  the living expenses of a wife and her husband are, or are likely to
        be, greater than they would otherwise be by reason that they are
        unable, as a result of the illness or infirmity of either or both of
        them, to live together in a matrimonial home; and

   (b)  the inability is likely to continue indefinitely, he may direct that
        the annual rate of wife's pension in relation to that wife shall not
        exceed the annual rate specified in paragraph (a) of sub-section (1A)
        of section 28.''.