Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00734:clause:5_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00734
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 1
Character Range: 86665–87222

1  After subsection 595(1)
Insert:

 (1A) If a person:
 (a) is at least 50 years old; and
 (b) either:
 (i) has not been required to enter into a Newstart Activity Agreement; or
 (ii) having been required to enter into a Newstart Activity Agreement, is not, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, unreasonably delaying entering into that agreement;
the Secretary may, if the Secretary is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so, treat the person as being unemployed.

 (1B) Subsection (1A) does not apply to a person who is undertaking remunerative work.