Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A woman's wife pension transition rate on a day is worked out in accordance with this section if:
(a) on 19 March 2020, there was no reduction under step 5 of the method statement in point 1064 - A1, and there was no reduction under step 9 of that method statement, in relation to the woman's rate of wife pension on that day; and
(b) assuming the woman were receiving newstart allowance on each day in the period starting on 6 February 2020 and ending at the end of 19 March 2020, there would have been no reduction under step 5 of the method statement in point 1068 - A1 on any day in that period.
(2) The woman's wife pension transition rate on a day is the rate that would have been the woman's rate of wife pension on that day under Module A of the Pension Rate Calculator A in section 1064 if the woman had been receiving wife pension on that day.
(3) However, subsection (2) applies with the following modifications:
(a) in working out the amount at step 1 of the method statement in point 1064 - A1, assume each amount in the table in point 1064 - B1 were that amount as at 19 March 2020;
(b) in working out the amount at step 1A of the method statement in point 1064 - A1:
(i) assume the combined couple rate of pension supplement were that amount as at 19 March 2020; and
(ii) assume the combined couple rate of minimum pension supplement were that amount as at 19 March 2020;
(c) assume the amount at step 5 of the method statement in point 1064 - A1 were the amount worked out at step 5 of the method statement in point 1068 - A1, multiplied by 26;
(d) in working out the amount at step 9 of the method statement
in point 1064 - A1, assume each amount in the table in point 1064 - G3 were
that amount as at 19 March 2020.