Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1990 No. 6, 1991 - SECT 5

5. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting " being income calculated having regard to section 3aa,"
after "Australia," in the definition of "income" in subsection (1);
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(b) by inserting "4C, 6A," after "section" (first occurring) in that
definition;
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   (c)  by inserting "4D," after "4C," in that definition;
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(d) by inserting "4C, 6A," after "section" in paragraph (aa) of that
definition;
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   (e)  by inserting "4D," after "4C," in paragraph (aa) of that definition;
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   (f)  by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (g) of that
        definition:
     "(ga)   a payment by a State or Territory for the purpose of
assisting the person to purchase, or build, his or her own home;";
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   (g)  by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (j) of that
        definition.
     "(ja)   where:


        (i)    there is a mortgage or other arrangement under which the person
               owes money; and

        (ii)   the person has insurance because of which payments under the
               arrangement are made by the insurer to the creditor when the
               person is unemployed or ill or another particular event occurs;
               payments made to the creditor under the insurance;";
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   (h)  by omitting subparagraphs (na) (i) and (ii) of that definition and
        substituting the following subparagraphs:
  "(i)   a pension under Part IV or V or Schedule 1B; or


   (ii) an allowance under Part VI, XIV or XVI; or

   (iii) a pension under Part III of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986;";
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   (j)  by inserting after paragraph (q) of that definition the following
        paragraphs:
     "(qa)   remuneration for serving, or being summoned to serve,
on a jury; or

   (qb) an allowance for travelling, or for other expenses, as a witness,
        other than an expert witness, in proceedings before a court, tribunal
        or commission;";
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   (k)  by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (v) of that
        definition:
     "(va)   a payment towards the cost of personal care support
services for the person, being a payment under a scheme approved under section
12AAA;";
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(m) by omitting "22" from the definition of "assurance of support debt" in
subsection (1) and substituting "165";
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(n) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "account" and
substituting the following definition: " `account', in relation to a financial
institution, means an account maintained by a person with the institution to
which is credited money received on deposit by the institution from that
person;";
Commencement: 1 March 1991
(p) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "assurance of support
debt" and substituting the following definition: " `assurance of support debt'
means a debt due and payable by a person to the Commonwealth because of the
operation of subregulation 165 (1) of the Migration Regulations in respect of
the payment to another person of:

   (a)  unemployment benefit under section 116; or

   (b)  special benefit under Division 6 of Part XIII;";
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(q) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "prescribed student
child" and substituting the following definition:

" `prescribed student child' means:

   (a)  in section 82 - a dependent child of a person, being a child who is
        over 16 and who is qualified to receive payments under a prescribed
        educational scheme other than the Assistance for Isolated Children
        Scheme; or

   (b)  elsewhere in the Act - a dependent child of a person, being a child
        who is over 16 and who is qualified to receive payments under a
        prescribed educational scheme;";
Commencement: 1 January 1991

   (r)  by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions: "
        `employment declaration' has the same meaning as in Part VA of the
        Income  Tax Assessment Act 1936 ; `financial institution' means a
        bank, building society, credit union or other institution that
        receives money on deposit; `tax file number' has the same meaning as
        in Part VA of the Income Tax  Assessment Act 1936 ;";
Commencement: 22 August 1990

   (s)  by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition:

" `income support payment' means:

   (a)  invalid pension; or

   (b)  sole parent's pension; or

   (c)  wife's pension; or

   (d)  class B widow's pension; or

   (e)  widowed person's allowance; or

   (f)  carer's pension; or

   (g)  sheltered employment allowance; or

   (h)  rehabilitation allowance; or

   (j)  unemployment benefit; or

   (k)  sickness benefit; or

   (m)  special benefit;";
Commencement: 1 June 1990

   (t)  by omitting from paragraph (5) (a) all the words from and including
        "sum" and substituting: "sum of what, but for this subsection but
        having regard to section 4, would be:

   (i)  the value of the property, or property of that kind, of the person;
        and

   (ii) the value of the property, or property of that kind, of the person's
        spouse; and

   (iii) the value of the property, or property of that kind, of the person
        and the person's spouse; and".
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