Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:5:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 7/13)
Character Range: 1930836–1933490

commences the day after the end of the first period.

Start of income maintenance period where liquid assets test waiting period applies
 1068‑G7AKC If a person to whom point 1068‑G7AKA applies is subject to a liquid assets test waiting period, the income maintenance period is taken to have started on the day on which the liquid assets test waiting period started.

Leave payments or termination payments in respect of periods longer than a fortnight
 1068‑G7AL If:
 (a) a person receives a leave payment or termination payment; and
 (b) the payment is in respect of a period greater than a fortnight;
the person is taken to receive in a payment fortnight or part of a payment fortnight an amount calculated by:
 (c) dividing the amount received by the number of days in the period to which the payment relates (the daily rate); and
 (d) multiplying the daily rate by the number of days in the payment fortnight that are also in the period.
 1068‑G7AM If the Secretary is satisfied that a person is in severe financial hardship because the person has incurred unavoidable or reasonable expenditure while an income maintenance period applies to the person, the Secretary may determine that the whole, or any part, of the period does not apply to the person.
Note 1: For in severe financial hardship see subsection 19C(2) (person who is not a member of a couple) and 19C(3) (person who is a member of a couple).
Note 2: For unavoidable or reasonable expenditure see subsection 19C(4).
Note 3: If an income maintenance period applies to a person, then, during that period:
               (a) the payment or allowance claimed may not be payable to the person; or
               (b) the amount of the payment or allowance payable to the person may be reduced.

When a person receives a leave payment or a termination payment
 1068‑G7AN For the purposes of points 1068‑G7AF to 1068‑G7AM (inclusive), a person (the first person) is taken to receive a leave payment or termination payment if the payment is made to another person:
 (a) at the direction of the first person or a court; or
 (b) on behalf of the first person; or
 (c) for the benefit of the first person; or
 (d) the first person waives or assigns the first person's right to receive the payment.

Single payment in respect of different kinds of termination payments
 1068‑G7AP If a person who is covered by point 1068‑G7AH receives a single payment in respect of different kinds of termination payments, then, for the purposes of the application of points 1068‑G7AG to 1068‑G7AN (inclusive), each part of the payment that is in respect of a different kind of termination payment is taken to be a