Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND REPATRIATION (BUDGET MEASURES AND ASSETS TEST) ACT 1984 No. 93, 1984 - SECT 38

38. Section 29 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is
substituted: Calculation of income in respect of children

"29. For the purposes of this Part (other than sub-sections 28 (2AB) and
(2AC)), where a child under the age of 16 years is dependent on a pensioner,
the income of the pensioner shall be reduced by-

   (a)  if the pensioner is an unmarried person or a married person whose
        spouse is not in receipt of a pension under this Part, a benefit under
        Part IVAAA, an allowance under Part VIIA, a rehabilitation allowance
        under Part VIII or a service pension under the Repatriation Act
        1920-$312 per annum less the annual amount of any payment (not being a
        payment under this Act, under the Repatriation Act 1920 or under the
        Tuberculosis Act 1948) received by the pensioner or the spouse of the
        pensioner for or in respect of the child; or

   (b)  if the pensioner is a married person whose spouse is in receipt of a
        pension, benefit or allowance referred to in paragraph (a)-$156 per
        annum less 50% of the annual amount of any payment (not being a
        payment under this Act, under the Repatriation Act 1920 or under the
        Tuberculosis Act 1948 ) received by the pensioner or the spouse of the
        pensioner for or in respect of the child.