Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Amendment Rules (No. 8) 2020 (F2020L01165)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 3   Payment rate

Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Rules 2020

34   After section 12B

Insert:

12BA Eligible religious practitioner - whether higher or lower rate applies

The higher rate applies to an individual who is an eligible religious practitioner for an entity if:

(a) the total number of hours the individual spent doing activities covered by paragraph 12B(2)(b) in any reference period for the individual for the entity was 80 hours or more; and

(b) the individual has given the entity a notice to that effect in the approved form.

Otherwise, the lower rate applies to the individual.

Note 1: See the definition of reference period in section 4A.

Note 2: For the amount of the jobkeeper payment, see section 13.