Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1988 No. 135, 1988 - SECT 29

29. (1) Section 55 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting in subsection (1) ", other than an ineligible property
owner," after "service pensioner";

   (b)  by omitting paragraph (1) (a) and substituting the following
        paragraph:

"(a) the pensioner pays, or is liable to pay, rent, other than Government
rent, at a rate exceeding $1,040 per year;";

   (c)  by omitting from subparagraph (3) (a) (i) "$780" and substituting "the
        amount specified in paragraph (1) (a)";

   (d)  by omitting subparagraph (3) (a) (ii) and substituting the following
        subparagraph:

"(ii) the maximum amount in relation to the service pensioner;";

   (e)  by adding at the end the following subsection:

"(11) In this section:
'maximum amount', in relation to a service pensioner, means:

   (a)  if there is at least one relevant child in relation to the service
        pensioner-$1,040; and

   (b)  in any other case-$780;
'relevant child', in relation to a service pensioner, means a child in respect
of whom:

   (a)  the rate of the service pension of the service pensioner or of the
        service pensioner's spouse is increased by a sum under paragraph 47
        (3) (a), (b) or (c); or

   (b)  the rate, or maximum rate, of pension, benefit or allowance under the
        Social Security Act 1947 applicable to the person's spouse is
        increased by a sum under or because of subsection 33 (4), or
        subsection 118 (11), of that Act.". Commencement: 12 June 1989

(2) Section 55 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (a)
and (b) of the definition of "maximum amount" in subsection (11) and
substituting the following paragraphs:

"(a) if there are 3 or more relevant children in relation to the service
pensioner-$1,560;

   (b)  if there are only one or 2 relevant children in relation to the
        service pensioner-$1,300; and

   (c)  in any other case-$1,040;". Commencement: 14 June 1990