Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01671:clause:1_19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01671
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 19
Character Range: 16446–17304

19  Variation of section 739A
Section 739A of the Social Security Act 1991 is varied by omitting subsection (10) and substituting the following subsections:
 (10) Neither subsection (1) nor (2) applies to a person during the period beginning on 1 January 2021 and ending at the end of 31 March 2021 (even if subsection (1) or (2) applied to the person before that period started).
 (11) Subsection (12) applies if a person would have, apart from the operation of subsection (10), been subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period during the period (the relevant period) beginning on 1 January 2021 and ending at the end of 31 March 2021.
 (12) The person is taken, for the purposes of this section, to have been subject to the newly arrived resident's waiting period (and time continues to run in relation to that period) during the relevant period.