Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007A00060:clause:1_22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007A00060
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 22
Character Range: 19111–19839

22  Person applying for payment in the nature of exceptional circumstances relief before commencement

(1) This item applies if, before the commencing day, a person applies for a payment on the basis that the following are satisfied:
 (a) qualification criteria similar to those in subsection 8A(5) of the Principal Act, inserted by item 10 of this Schedule;
 (b) payability criteria similar to those in Division 2 of Part 2 of the Principal Act;
but is not receiving payment on that basis immediately before the commencing day.

(2) The person is taken to have made a proper claim for exceptional circumstances relief payment for the purposes of Part 3 of the Principal Act, and to have made the claim on the commencing day.