Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:4:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 5/7)
Character Range: 1984848–1987641

1068B‑D18 (inclusive), a person's ordinary income (except employment income) is to be taken into account over such period, not exceeding 52 weeks, as the Secretary determines.
Note 1: This point, in conjunction with point 1068B‑D20, enables the Secretary to determine the person's fortnightly income amount that best represents the person's income situation.
Note 2: See Division 1AA of Part 3.10 for the treatment of employment income.

Fortnightly rate of ordinary income
 1068B‑D20 For the purposes of this Module, the person's ordinary income (except employment income) for such a period is to be reduced to a fortnightly rate rounded to the nearest cent (rounding 0.5 cents downwards).

Payment of arrears of periodic compensation payments
 1068B‑D21 If:
 (a) at the time of an event that gives rise to an entitlement of a person to compensation, the person is receiving a compensation affected payment; and
 (b) in relation to that entitlement, the person receives a payment of arrears of periodic compensation;
the person is taken to receive, on each day in the periodic payments period, an amount calculated by dividing the amount received by the number of days in the periodic payments period.
Note: For compensation affected payment and periodic payments period see section 17.

Partner income free area
 1068B‑D22 The partner income free area for a person is:
 (a) if the person's partner is not receiving a social security benefit and has not turned 22—the amount of income of the partner (rounded up to the nearest dollar) beyond which youth allowance would not be payable to the partner if the partner were qualified for a youth allowance and were not undertaking full‑time study (see section 541B); or
 (b) if the person's partner is not receiving a social security benefit and has turned 22—the amount of income of the partner (rounded up to the nearest dollar) beyond which jobseeker payment would not be payable to the partner if the partner were qualified for a jobseeker payment; or
 (c) if the person's partner is receiving a 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.
 1068B‑D22A For the purposes of paragraph 1068B‑D22(a), disregard steps 2, 2A and 3 of the method statement in point 1067G‑A1.
 1068B‑D22B For the purposes of paragraph 1068B‑D22(b), disregard steps 2 and 3 of the method statement in point 1068‑A1.

Partner income excess
 1068B‑D23 If:
 (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;
the person's partner income excess is the amount by which the partner's