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66 and 67 and subsection (3a) does not apply to the person on a further occasion unless the annual rate of income of the person falls below that prescribed rate of income.".
Commencement: 1 January 1988

28. Part IX of the Principal Act is repealed and the following Part is substituted:

"PART IX—FAMILY ALLOWANCE SUPPLEMENT

Interpretation
"72. (1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
     'allowable income', in relation to a person who is receiving a family allowance in respect of a child in relation to a period of 4 weeks, means $1,200 increased by $48 for each additional dependent child of the person;
     'allowance' means family allowance supplement under this Part;
     'allowance pay day' means Thursday, 17 December 1987 and each succeeding alternate Thursday;
     'allowance period' means a period during which an allowance is payable in accordance with subsection 76 (1);
     'compensation payment' means a payment under section 45, 46 or 50 of the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Act 1971 or section 5 of the Seamen's Compensation Act 1911;
     'income' means income within the meaning of this Act, but including:

        (a) a payment under Part IV, V, VI, XIII, XIV or XVI or under section 172;
        (b) a payment under Part III of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986;
        (c) a payment of an allowance under Part III of the Disability Services Act 1986; and
        (d) a payment of the kind referred to in paragraph (n) or (o) of the definition of 'income' in subsection 3 (1).
"(2) For the purposes of this Part, the income of a married person shall include the income of the person's spouse.

Qualification to receive allowance
"73. Subject to this Part, a person who:
    (a) is not receiving, and whose spouse is not receiving:
        (i) a payment under Part IV, V, VI, XIII, XIV or XVI;
        (ii) any other periodic payment under a law of the Commonwealth, other than a compensation payment, or under a scheme administered by the Commonwealth that provides for increases in rate in respect of a child of a person; or
        (iii) a payment under the law of a foreign country that is similar in character to a payment referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii); and
    (b) is receiving a family allowance in respect of a child or whose spouse is outside Australia and is receiving a family allowance in respect of a child;
is, if the person and the child are in Australia, qualified to receive an allowance, to be known as family allowance supplement, in respect of the child.

Rate of allowance
"74. (1) Subject to this section, the rate of an allowance payable to a person who is qualified to receive an allowance in respect