Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00106:clause:2_30
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00106
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 30
Character Range: 93947–96189

30  Individual engages in paid work over variable hours
 (1) This section applies if:
 (a) an individual engages in recognised activity during a CCS fortnight consisting of paid work for the purposes of paragraph 12(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Family Assistance Act; and
 (b) the individual's total number of hours of paid work (under one or more work arrangements) varies unpredictably from fortnight to fortnight.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph 12(4)(a) of that Schedule, the total number of hours of that recognised activity (under one or more work arrangements) engaged in by the individual in any particular CCS fortnight during which this section applies is taken to be the largest number of such hours engaged in by the individual during any CCS fortnight over any continuous period of 6 CCS fortnights, as reasonably estimated by the individual, during which the individual engages in recognised activity to which this section applies.
Example 1: Suzie is eligible for CCS. She works at a supermarket. She works shifts that vary unpredictably from CCS fortnight to CCS fortnight. She reasonably estimates that her hours of work per CCS fortnight, over a period of 6 CCS fortnights, can vary from 15 hours per CCS fortnight to a maximum of 45 hours per CCS fortnight.
 Under this section, she is taken to engage in the recognised activity of paid work for the estimated maximum of 45 hours in each CCS fortnight while she continues to work on the same basis, until the circumstances of her work change significantly.
Example 2: Patrick is eligible for CCS. He has 3 casual jobs for different employers. His total number of hours of work for all of these jobs, taken together, varies unpredictably from CCS fortnight to CCS fortnight. He reasonably estimates that his total hours of work per fortnight, over a period of 6 CCS fortnights, can vary from 8 hours per CCS fortnight to a maximum of 50 hours per CCS fortnight.
 Under this section, he is taken to engage in the recognised activity of paid work for the estimated maximum of 50 hours in each CCS fortnight while he continues to work on the same basis, until the circumstances of his work change significantly.

Division 4—Minister's rules result

Subdivision A—Preliminary