Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENT ACT 1987 No. 77, 1987 - SECT 19

19. Section 83AAA of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after
subsection (2) the following subsection:

"(3) For the purposes of the definition of 'unmarried person' in subsection
(1), a spouse who is undergoing a period of custody pending trial or
sentencing for an offence is deemed to be a spouse who is serving a sentence
of imprisonment in connection with the conviction of the spouse for the
commission of an offence.".