Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Act 2018 (26 of 2018)

Schedule 3   Cessation of wife pension

Social Security Act 1991

18   After subsection 43(1A)

Insert:

(1B) A woman is qualified for an age pension if:

(a) immediately before 20 March 2020:

(i) the woman was receiving a wife pension under Part 2.4; or

(ii) the woman was receiving a wife pension under a scheduled international social security agreement; and

(b) immediately before 20 March 2020, the woman was not receiving carer allowance under Part 2.19; and

(c) the woman has reached pension age; and

(d) the woman is not otherwise qualified for an age pension.

Note: For pension age see subsections 23(5A), (5B) (5C) and (5D).