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partner can have without affecting the person's benefit.

        Step 3. Use paragraphs G13(a), (b) and (c) to work out whether the person has a partner income excess.

        Step 4, If the requirements of paragraphs G13(a), (b) and (c) are not satisfied, the person's partner income excess is nil.

        Step 5. If the requirements of paragraphs G13(a), (b) and (c) are satisfied, the person's partner income excess is the partner's ordinary income less the partner income free area.

        Step 6. Use the person's partner income excess to work out the person's partner income reduction using point G14.

        Step 7. Work out whether the person's ordinary income exceeds the person's ordinary income free area under point G15.

           Note: A person's ordinary income free area is the maximum amount of ordinary income the person can have without affecting the person's benefit rate.

         SCHEDULE 12—continued

         Step 8. If the person's ordinary income does not exceed the person's ordinary income free area, the person's ordinary income excess is nil.

         Step.9. If the person's ordinary income exceeds the person's ordinary income free area, the person's ordinary income excess is the person's ordinary income less the person's ordinary income free area.

         Step 10.Use the person's ordinary income excess to work out the person's ordinary income reduction using points G17, G18 and G19.

         Step 11. Add the person's partner income reduction and ordinary income reduction: the result is the person's income reduction referred to in Step 9 of point A1 in MODULE A.".

(d) Omit from Note 2 at the end of the point "ordinary".

18. Points G2 and G3 in Module G in Schedule 1:

Omit the points, substitute:

Ordinary income of members of certain couples

"G2. Subject to point G4, if a person is a member of a couple and the person's partner is receiving a social security pension, a service pension or a rehabilitation allowance, the person's ordinary income is taken to be one half of the sum of:

    (a) the amount that would be the person's ordinary income if he or she were not a member of a couple; and

    (b) the amount that would be the ordinary income of the person's partner if the partner were not a member of a couple.".

19. Points G12 to G17 (inclusive) in Module G in Schedule 1:

Omit the points, substitute:

Partner income free area

"G12. The partner income free area for a person is:

   (a) if the person is not receiving a social security benefit or a youth training allowance—the amount of income of the person (rounded up to the nearest dollar) beyond which job search allowance would not be payable to the person if the person were qualified for a job search allowance; or