Social Security Act 1991

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

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

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

a sickness benefit under the 1947 Act; or

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

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.

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

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

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

This Part applies to carer payment if:

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

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

This Part applies to age pension if:

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

the person’s provisional commencement day or start day for the age pension is on or after 20 March 1997.

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:

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

either:

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

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.