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27  Variation of section 1068
Section 1068 of the Social Security Act 1991 is varied by inserting the following subsections after subsection (2):

Jobseeker payment—member of couple definition for coronavirus period
 (2A) If a person makes a claim for a jobseeker payment during the period beginning on 1 January 2021 and ending at the end of 31 March 2021, then, in working out the person's rate of jobseeker payment under this Part in connection with that claim and for a day in that period, subsection (2) of this section does not apply and the person is a member of a couple if:
 (a) the person is legally married to another person and is not living separately and apart from the other person on a permanent or indefinite basis; or
 (b) both of the following conditions are met:
 (i) a relationship between the person and another person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) is registered under a law of a State or Territory prescribed for the purposes of section 2E of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as a kind of relationship prescribed for the purposes of that section;
 (ii) the person is not living separately and apart from the other person on a permanent or indefinite basis; or
 (c) all of the following conditions are met:
 (i) the person has a relationship with another person, whether of the same sex or a different sex (in this paragraph called the partner);
 (ii) the person is not legally married to the partner;
 (iii) the relationship between the person and the partner is a de facto relationship.
 (2B) Subsection (2A) applies despite subsections 4(2), (3) and (3A) but is subject to subsections 4(6) and (6A) and section 24.