Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

An employment pathway plan under Subdivision A, that is in force in relation to a person who is receiving parenting payment, must not require the person to participate in an approved program of work for income support payment if:

either:

if the person’s rate of parenting payment is worked out under the Pension PP (Single) Rate Calculator in section 1068A of the 1991 Act—because of the application of Module E of that rate calculator, the person is receiving parenting payment at a rate that has been reduced; or

if the person’s rate of parenting payment is worked out under the Benefit PP (Partnered) Rate Calculator in section 1068B of the 1991 Act—because of the application of Module D of that rate calculator, the person is receiving parenting payment at a rate that has been reduced; or

the person is at least 50 years of age and is not a person to whom subsection 28(4) of the 1991 Act applies.

An employment pathway plan under Subdivision A, that is in force in relation to a person who is receiving a youth allowance, must not require the person to participate in an approved program of work for income support payment if:

the person is under 18 years of age; or

the person is undertaking full‑time study (see section 541B of the 1991 Act); or

because of the application of one or more Modules of the Youth Allowance Rate Calculator in section 1067G of the 1991 Act, the person is receiving the youth allowance at a rate that has been reduced; or

the program of work requires the person to move from a home in one place to a home in another place.

An employment pathway plan under Subdivision A, that is in force in relation to a person who is receiving a jobseeker payment, must not require the person to participate in an approved program of work for income support payment if:

because of the application of Module G of Benefit Rate Calculator B in section 1068 of the 1991 Act, the person is receiving the jobseeker payment at a rate that has been reduced; or

the person is at least 50 years of age and is not a person to whom subsection 28(4) of the 1991 Act applies.

An employment pathway plan under Subdivision A, that is in force in relation to a person who is receiving a special benefit, must not require the person to participate in an approved program of work for income support payment if:

the person is under 18 years of age; or

the person or the person’s partner has income; or

the person is at least 50 years of age and is not a person to whom subsection 28(4) of the 1991 Act applies.