Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1992 No. 230, 1992 - SECT 6

6. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by adding "but does not include disability expenses maintenance;" at
        the
end of the definition of "maintenance income" in subsection (1);

   (b)  by omitting "or" (last occurring) from paragraph (b) of the definition
of "special maintenance income";
(c) by omitting paragraph (c) of the definition of "special maintenance
income" in subsection (1);

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

" 'disability expenses maintenance' has the meaning given in subsection (6);";

   (e)  by omitting from subsection (3) "definition" and substituting
        "definitions";
(f) by inserting in subsection (3) "and 'disability expenses maintenance' "
after " 'maintenance income' ";

   (g)  by adding at the end the following subsection:

"(6) A payment or benefit is disability expenses maintenance of a person if:

   (a)  the payment or benefit is provided for expenses arising directly from:

        (i)    a physical, intellectual or psychiatric disability; or

        (ii)   a learning difficulty; of a dependent child of the person; and

   (b)  the disability or difficulty is likely to be permanent or to last for
        an extended period; and

   (c)  the payment or benefit is received:

        (i)    by the person for the maintenance of the dependent child; or

        (ii)   by the dependent child for the child's own maintenance; and

   (d)  the payment or benefit is received from;

        (i)    a parent of the child; or

        (ii)   the partner or former partner of a parent of the child.".