Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1976 No. 111, 1976 - SECT 27

27. Before section 77 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted
in Division 7 of Part IV:- Disposal of income.
''76. If, in the opinion of the Director-General, a claimant or a pensioner
has directly or indirectly deprived herself of income in order to qualify for,
or obtain, a pension, or in order to obtain a pension at a higher rate than
that for which she would otherwise have been eligible, the amount of the
income of which the claimant or pensioner has deprived herself shall be deemed
to be income of the claimant or pensioner.''.