Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01347:clause:1_731g
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01347
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 731G
Character Range: 26877–29074

731G  Relief from activity test—people engaged in voluntary work

 (1) Subject to subsection (3), a person to whom this Subdivision applies who has reached 50 years is taken to satisfy the activity test in respect of each period of 2 weeks while the person is receiving special benefit (the relevant period) if the person:
 (a) is engaged in approved full‑time unpaid voluntary work for an approved organisation for at least 32 hours in the relevant period; or
 (b) is engaged, for at least 40 hours in the relevant period, in a combination of:
 (i) approved unpaid voluntary work for an approved organisation; and
 (ii) suitable paid work for another person.

 (2) Subject to subsection (3), a person to whom this Subdivision applies who:
 (a) is under 50 years; and
 (b) has received special benefit in respect of a continuous period of at least 3 months but less than 12 months immediately before the start of a particular period of 2 weeks while the person is receiving special benefit (the relevant period);
is taken to satisfy the activity test in respect of that relevant period if:
 (c) the person is engaged in approved full‑time unpaid voluntary work for an approved organisation for at least 32 hours in the relevant period; and
 (d) the relevant period occurs during the 12 months after the person commenced receiving special benefit; and
 (e) the person has not already undertaken more than 12 weeks approved full‑time unpaid voluntary work (whether continuous or not) with one or more approved organisations during the 12 months referred to in paragraph (d).

 (3) Neither subsection (1) nor (2) applies to a person in respect of a day in a relevant period if, having regard to the opportunities, or possible opportunities, for employment that become available to the person on or before the day, the Secretary considers that the subsection is not to apply to the person in respect of that day.

 (4) In this section:

approved organisation is an organisation that has been approved by the Secretary for the purposes of this section.

approved voluntary unpaid work, either full‑time or otherwise, is work that has been approved by the Secretary for the purposes of this section.