Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:593:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 593 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 929074–931778

the person is already receiving jobseeker payment when the Secretary becomes aware of the medical condition referred to in paragraph (1D)(e)—when the Secretary becomes aware of the medical condition; or
 (b) otherwise—when the person made, or is taken to have made, the claim for jobseeker payment.
 (1F) The period for which the person is qualified for a jobseeker payment under subsection (1D) ends:
 (a) if the person has failed to comply with a requirement to enter into an employment pathway plan—on the day on which the person so failed; or
 (b) in any other case—when the person enters into an employment pathway plan.
 (4) If:
 (a) a person was receiving a social security pension, a service pension, income support supplement or a veteran payment; and
 (b) the person claims a jobseeker payment within 14 days of the day on which the last instalment of the person's social security pension, service pension, income support supplement or veteran payment was paid; and
 (c) the person becomes qualified for a jobseeker payment at some time during the 14 day period but after the first day of that period;
the person is taken to be qualified for a jobseeker payment for the whole of the 14 day period.
Note: Subsection (4) operates when a person transfers from a social security pension, a service pension, income support supplement or a veteran payment to a jobseeker payment and the person is not qualified for a jobseeker payment immediately after the day on which the person's last instalment of social security pension, service pension, income support supplement or veteran payment is paid. The subsection deems the person to be so qualified. As a result, the person may be paid a jobseeker payment for the period beginning on the day after the day on which the person's last instalment of social security pension, service pension, income support supplement or veteran payment was paid. The subsection aims to ensure that there is minimal disruption to a person's payments when a person transfers from a social security pension, a service pension, income support supplement or a veteran payment to a jobseeker payment.

Coronavirus
 (5) A person is qualified for a jobseeker payment in respect of a period that occurs between 1 April 2021 and 30 June 2021 if:
 (a) the Secretary is satisfied that the person is in quarantine or self‑isolation as a result of advice from, or a requirement made by, the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory or a health professional regarding the coronavirus known as COVID‑19, or is caring for an immediate family member or a member of the person's household who is in such quarantine or self‑isolation, throughout the period; and
 (b) the Secretary is satisfied