Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:3:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 4/16)
Character Range: 1818409–1821122

is taken to be nil.)
           Step 4. Use the person's partner income excess to work out the person's partner income reduction using point 1067G‑H28.
           Step 5. Use point 1067G‑H30 to work out the person's ordinary income excess. (If there is no ordinary income excess under that point, the person's ordinary income excess is taken to be nil.)
           Step 6. Use the person's ordinary income excess to work out the person's ordinary income reduction using points 1067G‑H31, 1067G‑H32 and 1067G‑H33.
           Step 7. Add the person's partner income reduction and ordinary income reduction: the result is the person's income reduction referred to in Step 12 of the Method statement in point 1067G‑A1.
Note 1: For ordinary income see subsection 8(1).
Note 2: The application of the income test is affected by provisions concerning:
(a) the general concept of ordinary income and the treatment of certain income amounts (Division 1 of Part 3.10);
(b) business income (sections 1074 and 1075);
(c) income from financial assets (including income streams (short term) and certain income streams (long term)) (Division 1B of Part 3.10);
(d) income from income streams not covered by Division 1B of Part 3.10 (Division 1C of Part 3.10);
(e) disposal of income (sections 1106 to 1111).

Ordinary income of members of certain couples
 1067G‑H2 If a person is a member of a couple and the person's partner is receiving a social security pension, a service pension, income support supplement or a veteran payment, 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.

Friendly society amounts
 1067G‑H3 The ordinary income of a person:
 (a) who has a temporary incapacity exemption under section 542A; or
 (b) who is a partner of a person who has a temporary incapacity exemption under that section;
is not to include any amount received from an approved friendly society in respect of the incapacity to which the temporary incapacity exemption relates.
1067G‑H3A The ordinary income of a person:
 (a) who is not required to satisfy the employment pathway plan requirements because of a determination that is in effect under section 40L of the Administration Act and that has been made because of the circumstance referred to in paragraph 40L(5)(a) of that Act; or
 (b) who is a partner of a person who is not required to satisfy the employment pathway plan requirements because of a determination that is in effect under section 40L of the Administration Act and that