Social Security (Waiver of Waiting Period for Advance Payment of Entitlement) Determination 2018 (Cth)

Social Security (Waiver of Waiting Period for Advance Payment of Entitlement) Determination 2018

I, Kathryn Campbell, Secretary of the Department of Social Services, make the following determination.

Dated 7 November 2018

Kathryn Campbell

Secretary of the Department of Social Services

1. Name of determination

This instrument is the Social Security (Waiver of Waiting Period for Advance Payment of Entitlement) Determination 2018.

1. Commencement

1. Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.

Note:               This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3              Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 1061A(2) of the Social Security Act 1991.

4              Schedule – Revocation of previous Determination

Schedule 1 – repeals the Social Security (Waiver of Waiting Period for Advance Payment of Entitlement) Determination 2009 (No. 1).

1. Interpretation

In this instrument:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

approved course of education or study has the meaning given by subsection 541B (5) of the Act.

new apprentice has the meaning given by subsection 23 (1) of the Act.

1. Determination

(1)   Paragraph 1061A (1) (b) of the Act does not apply to a person if that person has applied for an advance payment of austudy payment.

(2)   Paragraph 1061A (1) (b) of the Act does not apply to a person if that person:

(a)    has applied for an advance payment of youth allowance; and

(b)    either:

(i)    is undertaking, or is about to undertake, an approved course of education or study; or

(ii)    is a new apprentice or is about to become a new apprentice.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Social Security (Waiver of Waiting Period for Advance Payment of Entitlement) Determination 2009 (No. 1)

1              The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.