Social Security and Repatriation Legislation Amendment Act 1984 (Cth)

Social Security and Repatriation Legislation Amendment Act 1984

No. 78 of 1984

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART I—PRELIMINARY Section 1. Short title 2. Commencement PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1947 3. Principal Act 4. Repeal of sections 3 and 4 and insertion of new section: 4. Saving of certain approvals 5. Interpretation 6. Extension of Act to Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and application of Act in relation to external Territories 7. Insertion of new section: 16. Director-General may deem event to have occurred 8. Repeal of section 17a 9. Interpretation 10. Persons eligible for remote area allowance 11. Rate of remote area allowance 12. Interpretation 13. Repeal of section 19 14. Absence from Australia 15. Repeal of section 22 16. Conditions of grant of invalid pension 17. Rate of age or invalid pension 18. Supplementary assistance 19. Repeal of sections 48a, 51 and 52 20. Interpretation 21. Repeal of section 59b 22. Qualifications for widow's pension 23. Absence from Australia 24. Computation of income 25. Repeal of sections 77a and 82 26. Interpretation 27. Student children over the age of 16 years 28. Qualifications for benefit 29. Rate of benefit 30. Pension granted to former resident of Australia, &c. 31. Family allowance not payable in respect of child in receipt of payments under prescribed education scheme 32. Absence from Australia 33. Interpretation 34. Interpretation 35. Interpretation 36. Rate of unemployment and sickness benefits 37. Supplementary allowance 38. Income test 39. Refusal of claim, &c. 40. Waiting period 41. Postponement or cancellation of unemployment benefit in certain cases 42. Receipt of income, &c., to be notified 43. Repeal of sections 133 and 133a 44. Repeal of sections 133p and 133q and substitution of new section: 133p. Allowance not payable to service pensioner 45. Interpretation 46. Rate of rehabilitation allowance 47. Repeal of section 135bb and substitution of new section: 135bb. Allowance not payable to service pensioner 48. Provision of replacements and aids 49. Payment of invalid pension subject to certain conditions 50. Completion of treatment and training 51. Recovery of cost of treatment and training 52. Repeal of section 135ra 53. Arrangements for treatment, &c., for other persons 54. Repeal of section 135t 55. Notification and review 56. Power to obtain information, &c. 57. Insertion of new section: 135tha. Payment of pension, benefit, &c., during term of imprisionment 58. Cancellation, suspension or variation of pension, &c. 59. On death of married person, widow or widower to receive combined pensions for 12 weeks 60. Recovery of overpayments Back to Top 61. Evidence 62. Schedule 63. Minor amendments 64. Application PART III—AMENDMENTS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1983 64. Application 65. Principal Act 66. Commencement 67. Sharing of allowance between 2 persons PART IV—AMENDMENTS OF THE REPATRIATION ACT 1920 68. Principal Act 69. Interpretat5ion 70. Supplementary assistance 71. Remote area allowance PART V—AMENDMENTS OF THE AGED OR DISABLED PERSONS HOMES ACT 1954 72. Principal Act 73. Interpretation 74. Payments to approed organizations PART VI—AMENDMENTS OF THE COMPENSATION (COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES) ACT 1971 75. Principal Act 76. Interpretation 77. Insertion of new section: 24a. Officers to observe secrecy 78. Compensation payable in respect of injuries resulting in total incapacity 79. Compensation payable where damages recoverable 80. Insertion of new section: 114. Indictable offence 81. Double benefits 82. Insertion of new section: