Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00380:clause:1_6:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00380
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 6 (pt 6/9)
Character Range: 145187–147972

receive, in a fortnight falling within, or overlapping with, the periodic payments period, an amount calculated by:
 (c) dividing the amount received by the number of days in the periodic payments period (daily rate); and
 (d) multiplying the daily rate by the number of days in the fortnight that are also within the periodic payments period.
Note: For periodic payments period see section 17.

Partner income free area
 1067L‑D25 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 21—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 21—the amount of income of the partner (rounded up to the nearest dollar) beyond which newstart allowance would not be payable to the partner if the partner were qualified for a newstart allowance; 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.

Partner income excess
 1067L‑D26 If:
 (a) a person is a member of a couple; and
 (b) the person's partner is not receiving a social security pension, service pension or a rehabilitation allowance; and
 (c) the partner's ordinary income exceeds the partner income free area for the partner;
then:
 (d) the person has a partner income excess; and
 (e) the person's partner income excess is the amount by which the partner's ordinary income exceeds the partner income free area.

Partner income reduction
 1067L‑D27 If a person has a partner income excess, the person's partner income reduction is an amount equal to 70% of the person's partner income excess.
Example:
Facts: Alice's partner Martin has an ordinary income of $612. Assume that the partner income free area under point 1067L‑D25 is $462.
Result: Martin's ordinary income exceeds the partner income free area. Alice therefore has a partner income excess under point 1067L‑D26 of:

 Alice's partner income reduction under point 1067L‑D27 is therefore:

Ordinary income free area
 1067L‑D28 A person's ordinary income free area is $230.

Ordinary income excess
 1067L‑D29 If a person's ordinary income exceeds the person's ordinary income free area:
 (a) the person has an ordinary income excess; and
 (b) the person's ordinary income excess is the amount by which the person's ordinary income exceeds the person's ordinary income free area.

Ordinary income reduction
 1067L‑D30 If a person has an ordinary