Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1983 No. 69, 1983 - SECT 29

29. Section 106 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting ''IIA,'' before ''III'' in paragraph (b) of the
definition of ''income'' in sub-section (1);

   (b)  by inserting ''IVAAA,'' before ''VI'' in paragraph (b) of the
definition of ''income'' in sub-section (1);

         (c)  by omitting ''the scheme known as the National Employment and
Training System'' from paragraph (bb) of the definition of ''income'' in
sub-section (1) and substituting ''a program included in the programs known as
the Labour Force Programs'';

   (d)  by inserting after paragraph (c) of the definition of ''income'' in
        sub-section (1) the following paragraphs:

''(ca) the value of emergency relief or like assistance;

   (cb) the value of any assistance provided by an eligible organization
        within the meaning of the Homeless Persons Assistance Act 1974, being
        assistance by way of the provision of accommodation or meals or of a
        ticket, voucher or token that may be exchanged for accommodation or
        meals;

   (cc) a payment under the Handicapped Persons Assistance Act 1974;

   (cd) insurance or compensation payments made by reason of the loss of, or
        damage to, buildings, plant or personal effects;

   (ce) moneys from the investment of payments of the kind referred to in
        paragraph (cd), being an investment for a period not exceeding 12
        months or such longer period as the Director-General, for any special
        reason in any particular case, allows;

   (cf) a payment of domiciliary nursing care benefit under Part VB of the
National Health Act 1953;

   (cg) a payment under a law of the Commonwealth, being a law having an
        object of assisting persons to purchase or build their own homes;'';
        and

   (e)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definitions of ''married woman''
        and ''Registrar''.