Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(a) a woman was receiving wife pension under Part 2.4 immediately before 20 March 2020; and
(b) the Secretary makes a determination under section 12 of the Administration Act that the woman is taken to have made a claim for jobseeker payment because the woman became qualified for that payment immediately after ceasing to receive wife pension.
(2) The Secretary must, in determining the claim, disregard section 611.
(3) Subject to this section, if:
(a) the Secretary determines that the claim is to be granted; and
(b) as a result of that determination and disregarding section 611, jobseeker payment is payable to the woman on a day (a transition day ) on or after 20 March 2020;
the woman's jobseeker payment rate on the transition day is worked out in accordance with the following method statement:
Method statement
Step 1. Work out the woman's jobseeker payment rate on the transition day in accordance with sections 643 and 644AAA.
Step 2. Work out the woman's wife pension transition rate on the transition day.
Note: See subsection (4) for the wife pension transition rate.
Step 3. If the rate at step 2 exceeds the rate at step 1, the woman's jobseeker payment rate on the transition day is the rate at step 2.
Step 4. If the rate at step 2 does not exceed the rate at step 1, the woman's jobseeker payment rate on the transition day is the rate at step 1.
(4) The woman's wife pension transition rate on a transition day is the rate worked out in accordance with section 655 or 656.
(5) If, for a period of 42 consecutive days, the following apply:
(a) the woman's jobseeker payment rate is the rate at step 1 of the method statement in subsection (3);
(b) if section 611 had applied in relation to the woman throughout that period, the value of the woman's assets throughout that period is less than or equal to the woman's asset value limit under that section;
then for any day after the end of that period:
(c) section 611 applies in relation to the woman; and
(d) the woman's jobseeker payment rate is to be worked out in accordance with sections 643 and 644AAA (and not under this section).
(6) If, on a day (the cessation day ) on or after 20 March 2020, the woman would not have qualified for a wife pension if Part 2.4 (as in force immediately before 20 March 2020) were still in force on the cessation day, then on and after the cessation day:
(a) section 611 applies in relation to the woman; and
(b) the woman's jobseeker payment rate is to be worked out
in accordance with sections 643 and 644AAA (and not under this
section).