Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00170:clause:3_118:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00170
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 118 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 77955–80428

118  At the end of Subdivision 44‑E
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44‑26A  The value of a person's assets
 (1) Subject to this section, the value of a person's assets for the purposes of section 44‑22 is to be worked out in accordance with the Subsidy Principles.
 (2) If a person who is receiving an *income support supplement or a *service pension has an income stream (within the meaning of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986) that was purchased on or after 20 September 2007, the value of the person's assets:
 (a) is taken to include the amount that the Secretary determines to be the value of that income stream that would be included in the value of the person's assets if Subdivision A of Division 11 of Part IIIB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 applied for the purposes of this Act; and
 (b) is taken to exclude the amount that the Secretary determines to be the value of that income stream that would not be included in the value of the person's assets if Subdivision A of Division 11 of Part IIIB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 applied for the purposes of this Act.
 (3) If a person who is not receiving an *income support supplement or a *service pension has an income stream (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991) that was purchased on or after 20 September 2007, the value of the person's assets:
 (a) is taken to include the amount that the Secretary determines to be the value of that income stream that would be included in the value of the person's assets if Division 1 of Part 3.12 of the Social Security Act 1991 applied for the purposes of this Act; and
 (b) is taken to exclude the amount that the Secretary determines to be the value of that income stream that would not be included in the value of the person's assets if Division 1 of Part 3.12 of the Social Security Act 1991 applied for the purposes of this Act.
 (4) The value of a person's assets is taken to include the amount that the Secretary determines to be the amount:
 (a) if the person is receiving an *income support supplement or a *service pension—that would be included in the value of the person's assets if Subdivisions B and BB of Division 11 and Subdivision H of Division 11A of Part IIIB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 applied for the purposes of this Act; and
 (b) otherwise—that would be included in the value of the person's assets if Division 2 of Part 3.12 and Division 8 of Part 3.18 of the Social Security Act 1991 applied for the purposes of this Act.
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