Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1976 No. 111, 1976 - SECT 35

35. Section 112 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) the figures
        ''$41.25'' and substituting the figures ''$43.50'';

   (b)  by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) the figures
        ''$34.25'' and substituting the figures ''$36.25'';

   (c)  by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-section (2) and substituting
        the following paragraphs:-

''(a) where the spouse is in receipt of a prescribed pension-the amount (if
any) per week by which the amount per week of the prescribed pension is less
than the amount per week specified in paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) or, if
the spouse is, in the opinion of the Director-General, less than substantially
dependent on the married person, such amount (if any) per week as the
Director-General considers reasonable in the circumstances but not exceeding
the amount per week so specified; or

''(b) where the spouse is not in receipt of a prescribed pension-an amount per
week equal to the amount per week specified in paragraph (c) of sub-section
(1) or, if the spouse is, in the opinion of the Director-General, less than
substantially dependent on the married person, such amount (if any) per week
as the Director-General considers reasonable in the circumstances but not
exceeding the amount per week so specified.'';

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (4) the words and figures ''$41.25 per
        week'' (first occurring) and substituting the words ''the amount per
        week specified in paragraph (b) of sub-section (1)'';

   (e)  by omitting from sub-section (4) the words and figures ''$41.25 per
        week'' (second occurring) and substituting the words ''the amount per
        week so specified'';

   (f)  by omitting from sub-section (4A) the figures ''$68.50'' (first
        occurring) and substituting the words ''twice the amount per week
        specified in paragraph (c) of sub-section (1)''; and

   (g)  by omitting from sub-section (4A) the figures ''$68.50'' (second
        occurring) and substituting the words ''twice the amount per week so
        specified''.