Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2020C00139:clause:11_1210b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2020C00139
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 11 cl 1210B
Character Range: 90345–91279

1210B  COVID‑19 supplement
 (1) If:
 (a) a person is receiving a social security payment (other than parenting payment, youth allowance, jobseeker payment or sickness allowance); and
 (b) the social security payment is determined in an instrument under subsection (2);
then:
 (c) the rate of the person's social security payment is increased by the amount of the COVID‑19 supplement for the period determined in that instrument in relation to that payment; and
 (d) the amount of the COVID‑19 supplement is the fortnightly amount determined in that instrument in relation to that payment.
 (2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make a determination for the purposes of paragraphs (1)(b), (c) and (d). The Minister must be satisfied that the determination is in response to circumstances relating to the coronavirus known as COVID‑19.
 (3) This section ceases to apply at the end of the period covered by subsection 646(2).