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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1073J

Working credit balance prevents loss of qualification in certain cases

    If:

  (a)   a person receiving disability support pension, carer payment, youth allowance or jobseeker payment is a working credit participant; and

  (b)   either:

  (i)   the participant commences to be taken, under a provision of this Act, to receive employment income; or

  (ii)   there is an increase in the employment income that is taken, under a provision of this Act, to be received by the participant; and

  (c)   the participant has a working credit balance greater than nil at the start of the instalment period of the participant in which the commencement or increase occurs; and

  (d)   but for the commencement or increase, the participant would have continued to be qualified for the payment mentioned in paragraph   (a) until the earlier of:

  (i)   a day determined under Division   8 or 9 of Part   3 of the Administration Act; or

  (ii)   the day on which the participant's working credit balance is reduced to nil;

the participant is to be treated as if he or she had continued to be so qualified until the earlier of the days determined as referred to in subparagraphs   (d)(i) and (ii).


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