Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:16a:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 16A (pt 5/7)
Character Range: 250068–252728

there is a period between one relevant period of seasonal work and another, or between a relevant period of seasonal work and the day on which the claim was lodged, work out the number of weeks in the period (the intervening period). This is done by dividing the total number of days in the intervening period by 7.
           Step 7B. If there is more than one intervening period, add together the number of weeks worked out for each intervening period. The result (including any part of a week) is called the person's intervening weeks.
           Step 7C. Add together the number of seasonal work weeks worked out under Step 7 and the number of intervening weeks (if any) worked out under Step 7B. The result (including any part of a week) is called the person's self‑supported weeks.
           Step 8. Subtract the person's self‑supported weeks from the couple's AWOTE weeks. The result (rounded down, if necessary, to the nearest whole number) is the number of weeks in the person's seasonal work preclusion period. If the result is a negative number, the number of weeks in the period is taken to be nil.
Note 1: For relevant AWOTE see subsection (1).
Note 2: For seasonal work see subsection (1).
Note 3: For seasonal work income see subsection (1).
 (7) If:
 (a) the person is a member of a couple; and
 (b) the person was not engaged in seasonal work at any time during the 6 months immediately before the day on which the person lodged the claim (the relevant period); and
 (c) the person's partner was engaged in seasonal work at any time during the relevant period;
the number of weeks in the person's seasonal work preclusion period is worked out as follows:

      Method statement
           Step 1. Identify each period of continuous seasonal work by the partner that ended during the 6 months immediately before the day on which the claim was lodged. If the partner has performed seasonal work during 2 periods that are less than 14 days apart, the periods of work and the intervening period are taken to be one continuous period during which the partner has performed seasonal work.
           Step 2. If a period identified in Step 1 has already been taken into account when working out a seasonal work preclusion period in relation to a previous claim by the person (whether for the same or a different allowance or payment), disregard the period. Each remaining period is called a relevant period of seasonal work.
           Step 3. Work out the total amount of income from personal exertion earned by the person during the partner's relevant periods of seasonal work. The result is called the person's earnings.
           Step 4. Work