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June 1988 is to be taken, for the purposes of subsection (1) after the change in circumstances, to have been reduced by the amount of the extra payment.

Note: for 'extra payment' see subclause (7) below.

  "(6) If the amount of:

    (a) a pension received by the person under Part III of the Veterans' Entitlements Act in the fortnight that ended on 16 June 1988;

     or

    (b) a benefit or allowance received by the person under the Social Security Act 1947 in the fortnight that ended on 16 June 1988;

is less than the amount of the person's fortnightly rate of benefit, allowance or pension, the amount of the benefit, allowance or pension received by the person in that fortnight is to be taken, for the purposes of this section, to be the amount of the person's fortnightly rate of the benefit, allowance or pension.

  "(7) In this clause:

'extra payment' means:

  (a) an additional payment for a partner made under:

       (i) subsection 118 (2) of the Social Security Act 1947; or

         (ii) Module C of Benefit Rate Calculator A of the Social Security Act 1991; or

         (iii) Module C of Benefit Rate Calculator B of the Social Security Act 1991; or

  (b) additional amounts for dependent children under:

         (i) subsection 33 (3) or (4) of the Social Security Act 1947; or

      (ii) the Social Security Act 1991; or

      (iii) the Veterans' Entitlements Act;

    (c)     an amount by way of rent assistance under the Social Security Act 1947, the Social Security Act 1991 or the Veterans' Entitlements Act; or

    (d)    an amount by way of remote area allowance under the Social Security Act 1947, the Social Security Act 1991 or the Veterans' Entitlements Act;

'indexation increase', in relation to a service pension or a social security pension or social security benefit, means an increase in the rate at which the pension or benefit is payable that has occurred because of an indexation provision;

SCHEDULE 4—continued

indexation provision' means a provision of the Social Security Act 1947, the Social Security Act 1991 or the Veterans' Entitlements Act that provides for the rate of a pension or benefit to be increased periodically by reference to the quarterly All Groups Consumer Price Index numbers published by the Australian Statistician;

'ordinary income' does not include an amount that is disregarded under the Social Security Act 1947, the Social Security Act 1991 or the Veterans' Entitlements Act because of an earnings credit scheme;

'total income', for a person in a period, means the sum of:

    (a)     the person's ordinary income and maintenance income received in that period; and

    (b)     any service pension, social security pension or social security benefit received by the person in that