Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03539:body:0:p34
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03539
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 81592–84116

calendar year that preceded that time;
     'parent', in relation to a person (in this definition called the 'child'), means another person who is:
        (a) a natural or adoptive parent of the child;
        (b) acting as the child's guardian on a long term basis; or
        (c) the spouse of such a parent or guardian;
    but does not include another person:
        (d) with whom the child does not live if the child is living with a different person to whom paragraph (a), (b) or (c) applies; or
        (e) who the Secretary decides, in the special circumstances of the case, should not be treated as a parent of the child;
     'person to whom this section applies' means a person who is receiving a job search allowance, or a person who is under the age of 18 years and is receiving a sickness benefit, other than:
        (a) a married person;
        (b) a person who has a dependent child;
        (c) a person who:
           (i) does not live, and for a continuous period of at least 6 months has not lived, at a home of the parents, or of a parent, of the person;
           (ii) has, at a time when the person was not living at such a home, been employed on a full time basis for a period of, or for periods that in the aggregate constitute, at least 13 weeks; and
           (iii) does not receive regular financial support from a parent of the person;
        (d) a person who has been receiving a benefit continuously since 13 May 1987;
        (e) a person who does not have a parent; or
        (f) a person who is receiving a benefit the rate of which is increased under subsection 118 (8) or would be receiving such a benefit if ', and for a continuous period of at least 6 weeks has not lived,' were omitted from paragraph 118 (8) (a);
     'taxable income' has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936;
     'year of income' has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

"(2) Where a person is temporarily living apart from a parent of the person, the person shall, for the purposes of this section, be taken to be living with the parent.
"(3) Subject to subsection (4), where there is an amount of adjusted parental income in relation to a person to whom this section applies, the rate per week of benefit that is applicable to the person shall be reduced by an amount per week equal to 25% of that amount.
"(4) The rate of a benefit shall not be reduced under subsection (3) to a rate below $25 per week, but nothing in this section prevents the application of