Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1990 No. 6, 1991 - SECT 7

7. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting after subparagraph (1) (a) (xi) the following
        subparagraph:
     "(xia)   insurance or compensation payments made because of
loss of, or damage to, buildings, plant or personal effects, being insurance
or payments received by the person within the immediately preceding period of
12 months or such longer period as the Secretary, for any special reason in
any particular case, allows;";
Commencement: 22 August 1990

   (b)  by omitting paragraph (8) (b) and substituting the following
        paragraphs:
     "(b)   so much of any period during which the person resides in
a nursing home as is not later than 2 years after the start of the period; and

   (c)  any period during which:

        (i)    the person resides in a nursing home; and

        (ii)   the residence is, or because of paragraph (a) or (b) continues
               to be, the principal home of the person's spouse; and

   (d)  any period:

        (i)    during which the person resides in a nursing home; and

        (ii)   where the person's spouse died while paragraph (c) applied and
               while a resident of a nursing home - within the 2 years
               immediately after the person's spouse became such a resident;
               and

   (e)  any period:

        (i)    during which the person resides in a nursing home; and

        (ii)   where the person's spouse died while paragraph (c) applied but
               not while a resident of a nursing home - within the 2 years
               immediately after the death.".
Commencement: Day of Royal Assent