Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2014A00035:clause:1_861:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2014A00035
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 861 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 2029–4708

861  Qualification for job commitment bonus

First bonus
 (1) Subject to this section, a person is qualified for a job commitment bonus under this subsection if:
 (a) the person receives, while aged 18 or over and under 31, either of, or a combination of, the following for a continuous period of at least 12 months:
 (i) newstart allowance;
 (ii) youth allowance, where neither section 540AA (about new apprentices) nor paragraph 541(1)(a) (about full‑time study) applies; and
 (b) one of the following subparagraphs applies:
 (i) after 12 months of that continuous period the person starts gainful work in Australia, that continuous period ends while the person is aged 18 or over and under 31 and the person is in gainful work in Australia on the day (the start day) after that period ends;
 (ii) that continuous period ends while the person is aged 18 or over and under 31 and the person starts gainful work in Australia on a day (the start day) within 30 days after that period ends; and
 (c) the person completes a period (the first work period) of 12 months of continuous gainful work, where that period begins on the start day; and
 (d) the person is an Australian resident throughout the first work period.
Note: For gainful work see subsection (11) and for Australian resident see subsection (12).
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a person if the person receives an income support payment in relation to any day in the first work period.

Second bonus
 (3) Subject to this section, a person is qualified for a job commitment bonus under this subsection if:
 (a) the person is qualified for a job commitment bonus under subsection (1); and
 (b) the person completes a further period (the second work period) of 12 months of continuous gainful work, where that further period begins on the day after the end of the first work period; and
 (c) the person is an Australian resident throughout the second work period.
Note: For gainful work see subsection (11) and for Australian resident see subsection (12).
 (4) Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to a person if the person receives an income support payment in relation to any day in the second work period.

Continuous gainful work
 (5) A period prescribed in an instrument under subsection (6) does not break a period of continuous gainful work of a person.
 (6) The Employment Secretary may, by legislative instrument, prescribe a period for the purposes of subsection (5). Without limiting this subsection, the instrument may:
 (a) prescribe different periods for different kinds of gainful work; and
 (b) prescribe different periods for the same kind of gainful work depending on whether that