Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:16a:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 16A (pt 7/7)
Character Range: 254918–256373

to the nearest whole number) is the number of weeks in the person's seasonal work preclusion period. If the result is a negative number, the number of weeks in the period is taken to be nil.
Note 1: For relevant AWOTE see subsection (1).
Note 2: For seasonal work see subsection (1).
Note 3: For seasonal work income see subsection (1).
 (8) If:
 (a) the person is a member of a couple; and
 (b) both the person and the person's partner have engaged in seasonal work during the 6 months immediately before the day on which the claim was lodged;
the number of weeks in the person's seasonal work preclusion period is worked out as follows:

      Method statement
           Step 1. Work out what would be the number of weeks in the person's seasonal work preclusion period if subsection (6) applied to the person.
           Step 2. Work out what would be the number of weeks in the person's seasonal work preclusion period if subsection (7) applied to the person.
           Step 3. Compare the number of weeks in each period. The number of weeks in the person's seasonal work preclusion period is equal to the number of weeks in the longer of the 2 periods.

Subject to a seasonal work preclusion period
 (11) If a person's seasonal work preclusion period in relation to a claim consists of a number of weeks that is greater than nil, then, except as otherwise provided under this Act, the person is subject to that period for the purposes of this Act.