Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00582:section:31a:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00582
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 31A (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 89504–91985

first entered Australia; or
 (d) becomes the holder of a permanent visa;
whichever occurs last, and ends when the person has been in Australia for a period of, or periods totalling, 104 weeks after that day.

Exemptions
 (6A) If:
 (a) a person has made an effective claim for parental leave pay for a flexible PPL day for a child; and
 (b) the person was receiving any of the following on the day before that flexible PPL day:
 (i) a social security pension;
 (ii) a social security benefit;
 (iii) farm household allowance;
 (iv) parental leave pay for the child; and
 (c) the person was also receiving any of the things mentioned in subparagraphs (b)(i) to (iv) on the day the child was born;
then subsection (1) does not apply to the person for the purposes of that claim to the extent it relates to that flexible PPL day.
 (6B) If:
 (b) a person has made an effective claim for parental leave pay for a period of at least 10 flexible PPL days for a child; and
 (c) that period consists only of consecutive flexible PPL days for the child that are week days; and
 (d) the person was receiving any of the following on the day before the start of that period:
 (i) a social security pension;
 (ii) a social security benefit;
 (iii) farm household allowance; and
 (e) the person was also receiving any of the things mentioned in subparagraphs (d)(i) to (iii) on the day the child was born;
then subsection (1) does not apply to the person for the purposes of that claim to the extent that it relates to the period referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
 (7) Subsection 31AB(8) does not apply to a person in respect of a day in the newly arrived resident's waiting period for the person if on that day the person holds, or is the former holder of, a visa in a class of visas determined by the Minister for the purposes of subsection 739A(6) of the Social Security Act.
 (7A) Subsection 31AB(8) does not apply to a person in respect of a day (the assessment day) in the newly arrived resident's waiting period for the person if:
 (a) on the assessment day the person is a refugee or a former refugee; or
 (b) the following apply:
 (i) the person was a family member of another person at the time the other person became a refugee before the assessment day;
 (ii) the person is a family member of that other person on the assessment day or, if that other person has died, the person was a family member of that other person immediately before that other person died; or
 (c)