Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:593:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 593 (pt 3/5)
Character Range: 926629–929333

person was not in receipt of a youth allowance during the period; and
 (d) the person made a claim for disability support pension at or before the start of the period and the claim was not determined before the end of the period; and
 (e) the Secretary is satisfied that throughout the period the person suffered from a medical condition that had a significant adverse effect on the person's ability to work; and
 (f) the person satisfies any one of the conditions in subsection (1C).
 (1C) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1B)(f) are:
 (a) a condition that the person was an Australian resident when the significant adverse effect of the medical condition on the person's ability to work first occurred; and
 (b) a condition that at the start of the period the person had 10 years qualifying Australian residence or had a qualifying residence exemption for jobseeker payment; and
 (c) a condition that:
 (i) the person was born outside Australia; and
 (ii) when the significant adverse effect of the medical condition first occurred the person was not an Australian resident but was a dependent child of an Australian resident; and
 (iii) the person became an Australian resident while a dependent child of an Australian resident.
 (1D) Subject to sections 596, 596A and 598, a person is qualified for a jobseeker payment, in respect of the period starting in accordance with subsection (1E) and ending in accordance with subsection (1F), if:
 (a) the person satisfies the Secretary that throughout the period the person is unemployed; and
 (b) throughout the period the person:
 (i) has reached the age of 22 years 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
 (c) the person was not in receipt of a youth allowance during the period; and
 (d) the person has made, or is taken to have made, a claim for jobseeker payment; and
 (e) the person satisfies the Secretary that it is likely that the person has a permanent medical condition that would prevent the person from undertaking full‑time work; and
 (f) the person satisfies the Secretary that it would be unreasonable to expect the person to enter into an employment pathway plan until an assessment of the person's capacity to work has been undertaken.
 (1E) The period for which the person is qualified for a jobseeker payment under subsection (1D) starts:
 (a) if the person is already receiving jobseeker payment when the Secretary becomes aware of the medical condition referred to in paragraph (1D)(e)—when the Secretary becomes aware of the medical condition; or
 (b) otherwise—when the person made, or is taken to have