Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS (MAINTENANCE INCOME TEST) AMENDMENT ACT 1988 No. 13, 1988 - SECT 11

11. Section 55 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is
substituted: Condition of entitlement to supporting parent's benefit

"55. Where a supporting parent is entitled to claim maintenance from another
person for the supporting parent or a dependent child, the supporting parent
is not qualified to receive supporting parent's benefit if:

   (a)  the Secretary considers that it is reasonable that the supporting
        parent should have taken action to obtain maintenance from the other
        person; and

   (b)  the supporting parent has not taken such action as the Secretary
        considers reasonable to obtain appropriate maintenance from the other
        person.".