Social Security Act 1991

A woman’s wife pension transition rate on a day is worked out in accordance with this section if:

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

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.

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.

However, subsection (2) applies with the following modifications:

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;

in working out the amount at step 1A of the method statement in point 1064‑A1:

assume the combined couple rate of pension supplement were that amount as at 19 March 2020; and

assume the combined couple rate of minimum pension supplement were that amount as at 19 March 2020;

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;

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.