Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04771:front:0:p47
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04771
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details of the Modules relevant to subsection (1):

RELEVANT MODULES TABLE
column 1                                                                                       column 2                      column 3                column 4                     column 5
Rate Calculator                                                                                remote area allowance Module  rent assistance Module  adjusted income test Module  assets test Module
Income Support Supplement Rate Calculator Where There Are No Dependent Children (section 45X)  Module C                      Module D                Module E                     Module F
Income Support Supplement Calculator Where There Are Dependent Children (section 45Y)          Module C                      Not applicable          Module D                     Module E

Rate Calculator determination in relation to children of a couple

"45W.(1) The Commission may make a determination under subsection (2) if:

  (a) a person is a member of a couple; and

     (b) the person and the person's partner are receiving income support supplement; and

  (c) a child is a dependent child:

        (i) of the person; or

        (ii) of both the person and the person's partner; and

  (d) the Commission:

        (i) is satisfied that it is in the best interests of the child to make the determination; or

        (ii) has been requested by the person and the person's partner to make the determination.

"(2) The Commission may determine that, for the purposes of Module G of the Income Support Supplement Rate Calculator Where There Are Dependent Children at the end of section 45Y, the child is to be taken into account as a dependent child of the person or the person's partner.

"Subdivision B—Income Support Supplement Rate Calculator Where There Are No Dependent Children

Rate of income support supplement (no dependent children)

"45X.(1) If a person entitled to income support supplement does not have any dependent child or dependent children, the rate of the person's income support supplement is to be calculated in accordance with the Rate Calculator at the end of this section.

    Note 1: Module A of the Rate Calculator establishes the overall rate calculation process and the remaining Modules provide for the calculation of the component amounts used in the overall rate calculation.
    Note 2: The rate obtained by applying the Rate Calculator may be reduced because of the receipt of payments under the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (see Division 9).

  "(2) If:

  (a) the person is a member of a couple; and

     (b) the person's partner is not receiving a service pension, income support supplement or a social security pension or benefit;

the rate of the person's income support supplement is not to exceed twice the rate at which income support supplement would be payable to the person if the person's partner were receiving a service pension, income support supplement or a social security pension or benefit.

Reduced rate if social security pension was payable to person in the previous week

  "(3) If:

     (a) income support supplement becomes payable to