Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:3:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 8/16)
Character Range: 1828190–1830854

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 subsection 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 allowance claimed may not be payable to the person; or
(b) the amount of the allowance payable to the person may be reduced.

When a person receives a leave payment or a termination payment
 1067G‑H17 For the purposes of points 1067G‑H6 to 1067G‑H16 (inclusive), a person (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
 1067G‑H18 If a person who is covered by point 1067G‑H12 receives a single payment in respect of different kinds of termination payments, then, for the purposes of the application of points 1067G‑H11 to 1067G‑H17 (inclusive), each part of the payment that is in respect of a different kind of termination payment is taken to be a separate payment and the income maintenance period in respect of the single payment is worked out by adding the periods to which the separate payments relate.

Definitions
 1067G‑H19 In points 1067G‑H11 to 1067G‑H18 (inclusive):
payment fortnight means a fortnight in respect of which a youth allowance is paid, or would be paid apart from the application of an income maintenance period, to a person.
period to which the payment relates means:
 (a) if the payment is a leave payment—the leave period to which the payment relates; or
 (b) if the payment is a termination payment and is calculated as an amount equivalent to an amount of ordinary income that the person would (but for the termination) have received from the employment that was terminated—the period for which the person would have received that amount of ordinary income; or
 (c) if the payment is a termination payment and paragraph (b) does not apply—the period of weeks (rounded down to the nearest whole number) in respect of which the person would have received ordinary income, from the employment that was terminated, of an amount equal to the