Social Security Amendment Act 1983 (Cth)

Social Security Amendment Act 1983

No. 4 of 1983

An Act relating to unemployment benefit

[Assented to 27 April 1983]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Social Security Amendment Act 1983.

(2) The Social Security Act 19471 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Rate of unemployment and sickness benefit

3. (1) Section 112 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “$64.40” and substituting “$68.65”.

(2) The amendment made by sub-section (1) applies in relation to every instalment of an unemployment benefit that falls due on or after 1 May 1983.

 

NOTE

• 1. No. 26, 1947, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 38 and 69. 1948; No. 16, 1949; Nos. 6 and 26, 1950; No. 22, 1951; Nos. 41 and 107, 1952; No. 51, 1953; No. 30, 1954; Nos. 15 and 38, 1955; Nos. 67 and 98, 1956; No. 46, 1957; No. 44. 1958; No. 57, 1959; No. 45, 1960; No. 45, 1961; Nos. 1 and 95, 1962; No. 46, 1963; Nos. 3 and 63. 1964; Nos. 57 and 152, 1965; No. 41, 1966; Nos. 10 and 61, 1967; No. 65, 1968; No. 94, 1969; Nos. 2 and 59, 1970; Nos. 16 and 67, 1971; Nos. 1, 14, 53 and 79, 1972; Nos. 1, 26, 48, 103 and 216, 1973; Nos. 2, 23 and 91, 1974; Nos. 34, 56, 101 and 110, 1975; Nos. 26.

   62 and 111, 1976; No. 159, 1977; No. 128, 1978; No. 121, 1979 (as amended by Nos. 37 and 98, 1982); No. 130, 1980; No. 61, 1981; No. 159, 1981 (as amended by No. 98, 1982); No. 170, 1981; and Nos. 37, 98 and 148, 1982.