Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:6:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 7/10)
Character Range: 1884678–1887515

social security benefit—the amount of income of the partner (rounded up to the nearest dollar) beyond which that benefit would not be payable to the partner.
1067L‑D25A For the purposes of paragraph 1067L‑D25(a), disregard steps 2, 2A and 3 of the method statement in point 1067G‑A1.
 1067L‑D25B For the purposes of paragraph 1067L‑D25(b), disregard steps 2 and 3 of the method statement in point 1068‑A1.

Partner income excess
 1067L‑D26 If:
 (a) a person is a member of a couple; and
 (b) the person's partner is not receiving a social security pension, a service pension, income support supplement or a veteran payment; and
 (c) the partner's ordinary income exceeds the partner income free area for the partner;
then:
 (d) the person has a partner income excess; and
 (e) the person's partner income excess is the amount by which the partner's ordinary income exceeds the partner income free area.

Partner income reduction
 1067L‑D27 If a person has a partner income excess, the person's partner income reduction is an amount equal to 60% of the person's partner income excess.
Example:
             Facts: Alice's partner Martin has an ordinary income of $800. Assume that the partner income free area under point 1067L‑D25 is $640.
             Result: Martin's ordinary income exceeds the partner income free area. Alice therefore has a partner income excess under point 1067L‑D26 of:
              Alice's partner income reduction under point 1067L‑D27 is therefore:

Ordinary income free area
 1067L‑D28 A person's ordinary income free area is $400.

Ordinary income excess
 1067L‑D29 If a person's ordinary income exceeds the person's ordinary income free area:
 (a) the person has an ordinary income excess; and
 (b) the person's ordinary income excess is the amount by which the person's ordinary income exceeds the person's ordinary income free area.

Ordinary income reduction
 1067L‑D30 If a person has an ordinary income excess, the person's ordinary income reduction is the sum of:
 (a) the person's lower range reduction (if any) (see point 1067L‑D31); and
 (b) the person's upper range reduction (if any) (see point 1067L‑D32).

Lower range reduction
 1067L‑D31 The person's lower range reduction is an amount equal to 50% of the part of the person's ordinary income excess that does not exceed $80.

Upper range reduction
 1067L‑D32 The person's upper range reduction is an amount equal to 60% of the part (if any) of the person's ordinary income excess that exceeds $80.

Module E—Student income bank

Student income bank
 1067L‑E1 A person's ordinary income under Module D may be reduced under this Module. This diagram sets out how to work out:
 (a) whether the person's ordinary income for a particular fortnight in respect of which austudy payment may be payable to the person, is to be reduced; and
 (b) if it