Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS (MAINTENANCE INCOME TEST) AMENDMENT ACT 1988 No. 13, 1988 - SECT 9

9. Section 48 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting paragraph (3) (a) and substituting the following
        paragraph:

"(a) 50% of the aggregate of:

        (i)    the amount (if any) per annum by which the annual rate of
               income of the widow exceeds $2,080; and

        (ii)   the amount (if any) per annum by which the annual rate of
               maintenance income of the widow exceeds the annual maintenance
               free area of the widow; or";

   (b)  by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

"(3A) Where a widow who is qualified to receive a widow's pension has special
maintenance income the annual rate of which exceeds the aggregate of:

   (a)  50% of the maximum rate of widow's pension applicable to the widow,
        including any increase applicable under paragraph (1) (a) or section
        50; and

   (b)  the annual maintenance free area of the widow;
the excess shall be disregarded for the purposes of subparagraph (3) (a)
(ii).".