Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1976 No. 111, 1976 - SECT 7

7. Section 28 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the word ''nine'' and substituting the
figure ''8'';

   (b)  by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (1A) the figures
        ''$2,145'' and substituting the figures ''$2,262'';

   (c)  by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (1A) the figures
        ''$1,781'' and substituting the figures ''$1,885'';

(d) by omitting from sub-section (1B) the word ''four'' and substituting the
figure ''3'';

   (e)  by omitting sub-section (1E);

   (f)  by omitting sub-section (1EA) and substituting the following
        sub-section:-

''(1EA) Where the maximum rate of pension applicable to a married person
would, but for this sub-section, be increased by sub-section (1B)-

   (a)  the amount per annum of the increase is reduced by the amount (if any)
        per annum by which the rate of the income of that person exceeds $897
        per annum; and

   (b)  the annual rate of the income of that person and the annual rate of
        the income of the spouse of that person shall each be deemed, for the
        purposes of sub-section (2) of this section and sub-section (2) of
        section 32, to be reduced by the amount per annum of the reduction.'';

   (g)  by omitting from sub-section (1F) the words ''or sub-section (1E)'';
        and

   (h)  by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following
        sub-section:-

''(2) The annual rate at which an age or invalid pension is determined shall,
subject to sub-section (2AA), be reduced by one-half of the amount (if any)
per annum by which the annual rate of the income of the claimant or pensioner
exceeds-

   (a)  in the case of an unmarried person-$1,040 per annum; or

   (b)  in the case of a married person-$897 per annum.''.