Qualification for payment under this Subdivision
660LH Qualification for payment under this Subdivision
A person is qualified for a lump sum payment under this Subdivision if:
the person is qualified for jobseeker payment on a day (the relevant day); and
jobseeker payment is payable to the person on the relevant day; and
on or before the relevant day but after the commencement of this section, the person was a member of a couple and stopped being a member of a couple because the person’s partner died; and
the person is not a member of a couple on the relevant day; and
when the person’s partner died, both the person and the person’s partner were Australian residents; and
if the person is a man or a woman who was not pregnant when her partner died—the relevant day occurs in the period of 14 weeks starting on the day of the death of the partner; and
if the person is a woman who was pregnant when her partner died—the relevant day occurs:
in the period of 14 weeks starting on the day of the death of the partner; or
in the period (the relevant period) starting on the day of the death of the partner and ending when the child is born or the woman otherwise stops being pregnant;
whichever ends later; and
the relevant day is the day that the person first notifies the Secretary of the person’s partner’s death; and
if the person is qualified for payments under section 660LA in respect of the person’s partner’s death—the person has made an election under subsection 660LA(2).
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