Social Security Act 1991

The following is how to work out a person’s exempt bond amount.

If the person is covered by subsection 1099E(1) (but not subsection 1099E(2)), the person’s exempt bond amount is any amount of accommodation bond payment refunded to the person under the refund agreement mentioned in that subsection.

If the person is covered by subsection 1099E(2) (but not subsection 1099E(1)), the person’s exempt bond amount is the gross proceeds of the sale mentioned in that subsection, less:

any costs incurred in the course of the sale; and

the amount of any debt the person or the person’s partner owed immediately before the sale, so far as the debt was secured by the home at that time.

If the person is covered by both subsections 1099E(1) and (2), the person’s exempt bond amount is the greater of the 2 amounts worked out under subsections (2) and (3) of this section.

If the person is covered by subsection 1099E(3), the person’s exempt bond amount is equal to the exempt bond amount of the person’s partner, as worked out under subsection (2), (3) or (4) of this section.

But in all of the above cases, if the person currently has a partner (who is not deceased), the person’s exempt bond amount is half of what it would otherwise be.