Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS (MAINTENANCE INCOME TEST) AMENDMENT ACT 1988 No. 13, 1988 - SECT 8

8. Section 47 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is
substituted: Condition of entitlement to widow's pension

"47. Where a widow is entitled to claim maintenance from another person for
herself or a dependent child, she is not qualified to receive a widow's
pension if:

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

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