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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1161

Application of Part

  (1)   Subject to subsections   (2) to (6A), payments of a compensation affected payment are affected under this Part   if:

  (a)   whether the compensation was received before or after the commencement of this Part, the compensation affected payment is:

  (i)   a jobseeker payment in relation to which the recipient of the payment is not required to satisfy the employment pathway plan requirements because of a determination that is in effect under section   40L of the Administration Act and that has been made because of the circumstance referred to in paragraph   40L(5)(a) of that Act; or

  (iii)   a sickness benefit under the 1947 Act; or

  (iv)   a rehabilitation allowance under the 1947 Act payable in place of sickness benefit under the 1947 Act; or

  (b)   in the case of any other kind of compensation affected payment, the compensation was received on or after 1   May 1987 and the claim for the compensation affected payment was made on or after 1   May 1987.

  (2)   This Part applies to a pension PP (single) if:

  (a)   the compensation was received on or after 20   March 1992; and

  (b)   the claim for the pension was made on or after 20   March 1992.

  (3)   This Part applies to carer payment if:

  (a)   the compensation was received on or after 1   January 1993; and

  (b)   the claim for the carer payment was made on or after 1   January 1993.

  (6)   This Part applies to age pension if:

  (a)   the compensation was received on or after 20   March 1997; and

  (b)   the person's provisional commencement day or start day for the age pension is on or after 20   March 1997.

  (6A)   Subject to section   1161A, this Part applies to a compensation affected payment to which paragraph   (l) or (m) of the definition of that expression in subsection   17(1) applies if:

  (a)   the compensation is received on or after 1   July 2004; and

  (b)   either:

  (i)   if the compensation affected payment to which that paragraph applies is one in respect of which a claim must be made for a person to be qualified for the payment--a claim is made for the payment on or after 1   July 2004; or

  (ii)   if the compensation affected payment to which that paragraph applies is not one in respect of which a claim must be made for a person to be qualified for the payment--the compensation affected payment is received on or after 1   July 2004.


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