Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03539:body:0:p21
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03539
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 50477–52997

allowance, to be known as family allowance supplement, in respect of the child.

Rate of allowance
"74. (1) Subject to this section, the rate of an allowance payable to a person who is qualified to receive an allowance in respect of a child is:
    (a) if the child is under 13 years—$22 per week;
    (b) if the child has attained the age of 13 years but is under the age of 16 years—$28 per week;
    (c) if the child is a student child but is not a prescribed student child— $17 per week;
    (d) if the child is a prescribed student child and the allowance is payable before 1 January 1988—$14 per week; or
    (e) if:
        (i) the child is a prescribed student child to whom or in respect of whom an allowance is payable under the Aboriginal Secondary Assistance Scheme, the Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme or the Veterans' Children Education Scheme;

        (ii) immediately before 1 January 1988, the child was a student child to whom or in respect of whom such an allowance was payable;
        (iii) an amount of a family income supplement was being paid in respect of the child immediately before 17 December 1987; and
        (iv) the allowance is payable on or after 1 January 1988; $5 per week.
"(2) Subject to this section, where:
    (a) an allowance is payable to a person;
    (b) the person has a dependent child who is under the age of 16 years; and
    (c) the person pays or is liable to pay rent at a rate exceeding $15 per week;
the total amount of allowances payable to that person shall be increased by $15 per week or 50% of the amount by which the weekly rent paid or payable by the person exceeds $15, whichever is the lesser amount.
"(3) Where:
    (a) a person who has lodged a claim for an allowance is qualified to receive an allowance; and
    (b) the income of the person during:
        (i) if the person was not receiving an allowance immediately before the day on which the claim was lodged—the period of 4 weeks ending on that day; or
        (ii) in any other case—the period of 4 weeks commencing 8 weeks before that day;
    exceeds the amount of the allowable income of the person in relation
to that period of 4 weeks; the rate per week of the allowance that is payable to the person during the allowance period is the maximum rate per week that could be payable to the person reduced by an amount per week equal to one-eighth of the amount of that excess.
"(4) Where:
    (a) a person is receiving an allowance; and
    (b) at any time during the allowance period,