Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Exempting Disability Payments from Income Testing and Other Measures) Act 2021 (142 of 2021)

Schedule 1   Exempting adjusted disability pension from the social security income test and removal of Defence Force Income Support Allowance

Social Security Act 1991

35   Application and saving provisions

(1) Subparagraphs 8(8)(y)(ia) and (ib) and paragraphs 8(8)(zoa) and (zob) of the Social Security Act 1991, as inserted by this Schedule, apply in relation to working out if a person is qualified for a social security payment or if a social security payment is payable to a person, or working out the rate of a person's social security payment, in respect of days occurring on or after the commencement of this item.

(2) Subparagraph 8(8)(y)(x) of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a payment covered by that subparagraph that is made before, on or after that commencement.

(3) Subsection 23(1D) of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a day occurring before that commencement on which adjusted disability pension (within the meaning of section 118NA of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 as in force immediately before that commencement) was payable to a person or a person's partner.

(4) Subparagraph 92C(f)(iii) of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a payment of DFISA bonus under Part VIIAB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 that is made before, on or after that commencement.

(5) Paragraph (cb) of the definition of income in point 1071A-4 of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a payment covered by that paragraph that is made before, on or after that commencement.

(6) Subparagraph 1134(1)(e)(ia) of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to a day occurring before that commencement on which DFISA under Part VIIAB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 was payable to a person.

(7) Clause 146 of Schedule 1A to the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to working out a person's provisional annual payment rate in relation to a day occurring before that commencement.