Newly arrived resident’s waiting period
500X Newly arrived resident’s waiting period
Subject to this section, a person who:
has entered Australia; and
has not been an Australian resident and in Australia for a period of, or periods totalling, 208 weeks;
is subject to a newly arrived resident’s waiting period.
For Australian resident see subsection 7(2).
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who has a qualifying residence exemption for parenting payment.
For qualifying residence exemption in relation to parenting payment see subsection 7(6) and paragraph 7(6AA)(f).
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person:
is the principal carer of one or more children; and
is not a member of a couple; and
was not a lone parent at the start of the person’s current period as an Australian resident.
For principal carer see subsections 5(15) to (24).
For lone parent and current period as an Australian resident see subsection 23(1).
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if:
the person is a refugee, or a former refugee, at the time the person made the claim for parenting payment; or
the following apply:
before the person made the claim for parenting payment, the person was a family member of another person at the time the other person became a refugee;
the person is a family member of that other person at the time the person made the claim for parenting payment or, if that other person has died, the person was a family member of that other person immediately before that other person died; or
the person is an Australian citizen at the time the person made the claim for parenting payment.
For the purposes of subsection (4):
family member has the meaning given by subsection 7(6D); and
former refugee has the meaning given by subsection 7(1); and
refugee has the meaning given by subsection 7(6B).
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