Social Security Legislation Amendment (Increased Employment Participation) Act 2014 (35 of 2014)

Schedule 1   Job commitment bonus amendments

Part 1   Main amendments

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

4   After Subdivision FC of Division 1 of Part 3

Insert:

Subdivision FD - Time limits for claims for job commitment bonus

27D Time limit for claim

(1) Subject to this section, a person’s claim for a job commitment bonus must be made within the period (the initial period ) of 90 days after the person is qualified for the bonus.

Extension in special circumstances

(2) The claim may be made after the end of the initial period if the Secretary is satisfied that there are special circumstances applying to the person that prevented the person from making the claim within that period. If so, then, subject to subsection (3), the claim must be made within 90 days after the end of that period.

First bonus and second bonus may be claimed together

(3) If a person is qualified for a job commitment bonus under subsections 861(1) and (3) of the 1991 Act, the person’s claim for the bonus under subsection 861(1) of that Act may be made at the same time as the person claims the bonus under subsection 861(3) of that Act.