House of Representatives
Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 1989
Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 1989
Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Social Security the Hon B Howe, MP)BOTH THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1947 AND VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986
Marriage-like Relationships
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- Where a person claiming or receiving sole parent's pension has shared the same residence with a person of the opposite sex for a period of at least 8 weeks and the two persons have a child living in the same residence, own the home together, have joint assets or liabilities, have been married or have lived together at a previous address, he or she would be required to provide additional information with a view to ascertaining that they are not living in a marriage-like relationship.
- This measure would impact only on the Social Security Act 1947.
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- Factors for determining whether a marriage-like relationship exists would be set out in the Act. These factors would include financial, household, social, sexual and personal arrangements.
- These measures would come into effect on 1 January 1990.
- Estimated program savings from these measures are $8.00m in 1989-90 and $29.00m in 1990-91.