Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:593:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 593 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 921670–924339

593  Qualification for jobseeker payment
 (1) Subject to sections 596, 596A, 597 and 598, a person is qualified for a jobseeker payment in respect of a period if:
 (a) the person satisfies the Secretary that:
 (i) throughout the period the person is unemployed; or
 (ii) subsection (1A) applies in relation to the person for the period; and
 (b) throughout the period the person satisfies subsection (1AC); and
 (g) throughout the period the person:
 (i) is at least 22 years of age and has not reached the pension age; and
 (ii) is an Australian resident or is exempt from the residence requirement within the meaning of subsection 7(7); and
 (i) the person was not in receipt of a youth allowance during the period.
Note 1: A person may be treated as unemployed (see section 595).
Note 5: For pension age see section 23.
Note 6: For Australian resident see section 7.
Note 8: A person may not be qualified if the person's unemployment is due to industrial action (see section 596).
Note 9: A person may not be qualified if the person has reduced the person's employment prospects by moving to an area of lower employment prospects (see section 597).
Note 12: A person could be in receipt of a youth allowance during a period for which the person would qualify for a jobseeker payment, if paragraph (i) was disregarded, because of section 540C (extension of youth allowance to end of payment period).
Note 13: A jobseeker payment is not payable in certain situations even if the person is qualified (see Subdivisions D, E and F and Part 4.2).
Note 14: A person receiving a jobseeker payment, and who receives employment services from a remote engagement program provider, may also qualify for a remote engagement program payment: see Part 2.13.
 (1A) This subsection applies in relation to a person for a period if:
 (a) the person is incapacitated for work or study throughout the period because of sickness or an accident; and
 (b) the incapacity is caused wholly or virtually wholly by a medical condition arising from the sickness or accident; and
 (c) the incapacity is, or is likely to be, of a temporary nature; and
 (d) one of the following applies:
 (i) immediately before the incapacity occurred the person was in employment (whether the person was self‑employed, or was employed by another person, on a full‑time, part‑time, casual or temporary basis) and the Secretary is satisfied that, when the incapacity ends, the employment will be again available to the person (whether or not the same kind of work will be available);
 (ii) immediately before the incapacity occurred the person was in full‑time education and was receiving payments under the ABSTUDY