SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 12, 1992 - SECT 6 Lump sum payable in some circumstances

SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 12, 1992 - SECT 6

6. Section 889 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting "If" and substituting "Subject to subsections (2) and (3),
        if";
(b) by omitting "section" and substituting "subsection";

   (c)  by adding at the end the following subsections:

"(2) If:

   (a)  a person is qualified for payments under this Subdivision in relation
        to the death of a dependent child; and

   (b)  the first available bereavement adjustment payday occurs before the
        end of the bereavement period; and

   (c)  the family payment payday immediately before the first available
        bereavement adjustment payday falls on 2 April 1992;
disregard the family allowance bonus payable under subsection 855(1A) in
working out the lump sum payable to the person.

"(3) If:

   (a)  a person is qualified for payments under this Subdivision in relation
        to the death of the dependent child; and

   (b)  the first available bereavement adjustment payday occurs before the
        end of the bereavement period; and

   (c)  2 April 1992 falls within the bereavement lump sum period;
the lump sum that would otherwise be payable to the person is to be increased
by the difference between:

   (d)  the family allowance bonus payable to the person under subsection
        855(1A); and

   (e)  the family allowance bonus that would have been payable to the person
        under that subsection if the dependent child had not died.".