Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 121, 1979 - SECT 37

37. Section 112 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section
(6) the following sub-section:

''(6A) Where-

   (a)  an unemployment benefit or sickness benefit is payable to a married
        person in respect of a period; and

   (b)  sub-section (4) of section 107 operates to disqualify the spouse of
        that person from receiving an unemployment benefit in respect of that
        period or would so operate if the spouse were otherwise qualified to
        receive an unemployment benefit in respect of that period, this
        section applies in relation to the first-mentioned person in relation
        to that period as if the first-mentioned person were an unmarried
        person.''.