Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Coronavirus and Other Measures) Act 2020 (97 of 2020)

Schedule 3   Youth allowance independence and agricultural work

Social Security Act 1991

3   At the end of section 1067A

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Agricultural work

(14) A person is independent if:

(a) paragraph 541(1)(a) (about full time study) applies in relation to the person; and

(b) the person undertook qualifying agricultural work between 30 November 2020 and 31 December 2021; and

(c) the gross earnings of the person for that work are at least $15,000; and

(d) the person's combined parental income (as defined in point 1067G-F10) for the 2019-2020 tax year or 2018-2019 tax year is less than the threshold amount (see subsection (10K)) for the person for that tax year.

(15) For the purposes of this section, qualifying agricultural work is work of a kind determined in an instrument under subsection (16).

(16) The Secretary of the Department administered by the Minister administering the Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999 may, by legislative instrument, determine kinds of work for the purposes of subsection (15).