Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:11:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 11 (pt 3/3)
Character Range: 1910018–1912395

March 1994 under section 1192 as if Part 2 of the Social Security Amendment Act (No. 2) 1993 had commenced on 1 September 1993.

Maximum basic rate for certain jobseeker payment recipients
 1068‑B5 Despite point 1068‑B1, if a person:
 (a) is not a member of a couple; and
 (b) receives jobseeker payment; and
 (c) is not required to satisfy the employment pathway plan requirements because of a determination that is in effect under subsection 40P(2) of the Administration Act because of paragraph 40P(2)(a) or (b) of that Act;
the person's maximum basic rate is the amount worked out as follows:
where:
pension PP (Single) maximum basic amount is the sum of:
 (a) the amount that would have been the person's maximum basic rate under Module B of the Pension PP (Single) Rate Calculator if the person was receiving parenting payment; and
 (b) the amount that would have been the person's pension supplement under Module BA of the Pension PP (Single) Rate Calculator if the person was receiving parenting payment.
Note: A person's maximum basic rate under Module B of the Pension PP (Single) Rate Calculator is indexed 6 monthly in line with increases in Male Total Average Weekly Earnings (see section 1195).

Module BA—Pension supplement

Pension supplement
 1068‑BA1 A pension supplement amount is to be added to the person's maximum basic rate if the person is residing in Australia, has reached pension age and:
 (a) is in Australia; or
 (b) is temporarily absent from Australia and has been so for a continuous period not exceeding 6 weeks.
 1068‑BA2 The person's pension supplement amount is:
 (a) if an election by the person under subsection 1061VA(1) is in force—the amount worked out under point 1068‑BA4; and
 (b) otherwise—the amount worked out under point 1068‑BA3.

Amount if no election in force
 1068‑BA3 The person's pension supplement amount is the amount worked out by:
 (a) applying the applicable percentage in the following table to the combined couple rate of pension supplement; and
 (b) dividing the result by 26; and
 (c) if:
 (i) the person is not partnered; and
 (ii) the amount resulting from paragraph (b) is not a multiple of 10 cents;
  rounding the amount up or down to the nearest multiple of 10 cents (rounding up if the amount is not a multiple of 10 cents but is a multiple of 5 cents).

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