Length of liquid assets test waiting period
549C Length of liquid assets test waiting period
Number of weeks
A person’s liquid assets test waiting period is:
if the result obtained under subsection (2) is 13 or more whole weeks—13 weeks; or
if the result obtained under subsection (2) is fewer than 13 whole weeks—the number of whole weeks obtained under that subsection.
Working out number of weeks
Subject to subsection (3), the number of weeks is worked out by using the following formula:
Start formula start fraction Liquid assets minus Maximum reserve amount over Divisor end fraction end formula
where:
divisor, in relation to the person, means:
if the person is not a member of a couple and does not have a dependent child—$500; or
otherwise—$1,000.
liquid assets means the person’s liquid assets on the day referred to in subparagraph 549A(1)(a)(i) or (ii) (as the case requires).
maximum reserve amount means the maximum reserve in relation to the person under subsection 14A(1).
Weeks etc. to be disregarded
For the purposes of subsection (2), disregard:
any weeks after the person claimed youth allowance during which the person was not qualified for youth allowance; and
any fractions of a week.
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