Social Security (Coronavirus Economic Response—2020 Measures No. 6) Determination 2020

Dated 23 April 2020

Anne Ruston

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ COVID‑19 supplement—widow allowance, partner allowance and special benefit...... 1

1  Name

                   This instrument is the Social Security (Coronavirus Economic Response—2020 Measures No. 6) Determination 2020.

2  Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under subsection 1210B(2) of the Social Security Act 1991.

4  COVID‑19 supplement—widow allowance, partner allowance and special benefit

             (1)  For the purposes of paragraph 1210B(1)(b) of the Social Security Act 1991, widow allowance, partner allowance and special benefit are determined.

             (2)  For the purposes of paragraph 1210B(1)(c) of the Social Security Act 1991, the period is the period:

                     (a)  beginning on 27 April 2020; and

                     (b)  ending at the end of 24 September 2020.

             (3)  For the purposes of paragraph 1210B(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991, the fortnightly amount is $550.