Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1992 No. 230, 1992 - SCHEDULE 4

                                 SCHEDULE 4           Section 155

AMENDMENTS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991
PART 1 - AMENDMENTS COMMENCING ON 1 JANUARY 1993 1. After paragraph 539(1)(b):
Insert:

"(ba) is not subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and". 2.
Subsection 539(2):
Omit the subsection, substitute: Unused annual leave waiting period and no
newly arrived resident's waiting period

"(2) If a person:

   (a)  is subject to an ordinary waiting period; and

   (b)  is subject to an unused annual leave waiting period; and

   (c)  is not subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and

   (d)  is not disqualified for job search allowance under section 519 (liquid
        assets test); the ordinary waiting period is the period of 7 days that
        starts on the day after the day on which the person's unused annual
        leave waiting period ends. Newly arrived resident's waiting period and
        ordinary waiting period

"(2A) If a person:

   (a)  is subject to an ordinary waiting period; and

   (b)  is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and

   (c)  is not subject to another waiting period; and

   (d)  is not disqualified for job search allowance under section 519 (liquid
        assets test); the ordinary waiting period is the period of 7 days that
        starts on the day after the day on which the person's newly arrived
        resident's waiting period ends. Newly arrived resident's
        waiting period, unused annual leave waiting period and ordinary
        waiting period

"(2B) If a person:

   (a)  is subject to an ordinary waiting period; and

   (b)  is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and

   (c)  is:

        (i)    subject to an unused annual leave waiting period; or

        (ii)   disqualified for job search allowance under section 519 (liquid
               assets test); the ordinary waiting period is the period of 7
               days that starts on the day after whichever is the later of the
               following:

   (d)  the day on which the person's newly arrived resident's waiting period
        ends;

   (e)  the day on which the person's unused annual leave waiting period ends;

   (f)  the day on which the period worked out under section 519 ends.". 3.
        After paragraph 539(3)(a):
Insert:

"(b) is not subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and". 4.
After paragraph 621(1)(b):
Insert:

"(ba) is not subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and". 5.
Subsection 621(2):
Omit the subsection, substitute: Unused annual leave waiting period and no
newly arrived resident's waiting period

"(2) If a person:

   (a)  is subject to an ordinary waiting period; and

   (b)  is subject to an unused annual leave waiting period; and

   (c)  is not subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and

   (d)  is not disqualified for newstart allowance under section 598 (liquid
        assets test); the ordinary waiting period is the period of 7 days that
        starts on the day after the day on which the person's unused annual
        leave waiting period ends. Newly arrived resident's waiting period and
        ordinary waiting period

"(2A) If a person:

   (a)  is subject to an ordinary waiting period; and

   (b)  is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and

   (c)  is subject to another waiting period; and

   (d)  is not disqualified for newstart allowance under section 598 (liquid
        assets test); the ordinary waiting period is the period of 7 days that
        starts on the day after the day on which the person's last waiting
        period ends. Newly arrived resident's waiting period, unused annual
        leave waiting period and ordinary waiting period

"(2B) If a person:

   (a)  is subject to an ordinary waiting period; and

   (b)  is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and

   (c)  is:

        (i)    subject to an unused annual leave waiting period; or

        (ii)   disqualified for job search allowance under section 598 (liquid
               assets test); the ordinary waiting period is the period of 7
               days that starts on the day after whichever is the later of the
               following:

   (d)  the day on which the person's newly arrived resident's waiting period
        ends;

   (e)  the day on which the person's unused annual leave waiting period ends;

   (f)  the day on which the period worked out under section 598 ends.". 6.
        After paragraph 621(3)(a):
Insert:

"(b) is not subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and". 7.
After subsection 688(4):
Insert: Claim within 5 weeks of incapacity and newly arrived resident's
waiting period applying

"(4A) If the person:

   (a)  claims the allowance within 5 weeks after the day on which the person
        becomes incapacitated; and

   (b)  the person is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period but
        not subject to an ordinary waiting period; the allowance is not
        payable to the person before the first day after the end of the newly
        arrived person's waiting period. Note 1: for 'newly arrived resident's
        waiting period' see sections 696B and 696C and for 'ordinary waiting
        period' see sections 693 and 694. Note 2: if the person has an unused
        annual leave waiting period and a newly arrived resident's waiting
        period, the unused annual leave waiting period runs concurrently with
        the newly arrived resident's waiting period and the sickness allowance
        will not be payable until the longest waiting period has finshed.". 8.
        After paragraph 694(1)(b):
Insert:

"(ba) is not subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and". 9.
Subsection 694(2):
Omit the subsection, substitute: Unused annual leave waiting period and no
newly arrived resident's waiting period

"(2) If a person:

   (a)  is subject to an ordinary waiting period; and

   (b)  is subject to an unused annual leave waiting period; and

   (c)  is not subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and

   (d)  is not disqualified for sickness allowance under section 676 (liquid
        assets test); the ordinary waiting period is the period of 7 days that
        starts on the day after the day on which the person's unused annual
        leave waiting period ends. Newly arrived resident's waiting period and
        ordinary waiting period

"(2A) If a person:

   (a)  is subject to an ordinary waiting period; and

   (b)  is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and

   (c)  is subject to another waiting period; and

   (d)  is not disqualified for sickness allowance under section 676 (liquid
        assets test); the ordinary waiting period is the period of 7 days that
        starts on the day after the day on which the person's last waiting
        period ends. Newly arrived resident's waiting period, unused annual
        leave waiting period and ordinary waiting period

"(2B) If a person:

   (a)  is subject to an ordinary waiting period; and

   (b)  is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and

   (c)  is:

        (i)    subject to an unused annual leave waiting period; or

        (ii)   disqualified for sickness allowance under section 676 (liquid
               assets test); the ordinary waiting period is the period of 7
               days that starts on the day after whichever is the later of the
               following:

   (d)  the day on which the person's newly arrived resident's waiting period
        ends;

   (e)  the day on which the person's unused annual leave waiting period ends;

   (f)  the day on which the period worked out under section 676 ends.". 10.
        After paragraph 694(3)(a):
Insert:

"(ba) is not subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period; and".
PART 2 - AMENDMENTS COMMENCING ON 20 MARCH 1993 11. Section 1192:
Add at the end:

"(5) The first indexation of rent assistance under items 11A and 12A of the
CPI Indexation Table in subsection 1191(1) is to take place on 20 September
1993.".
NOTE ABOUT SECTION HEADING 1. On the day on which section 5EA of the
Health Insurance Act  1973 is amended by this Act, the heading to that section
is altered by inserting "or additional family payment" after "supplement".