19AAReferences to applying for maintenance income

19AA References to applying for maintenance income

A reference in this Division to an individual being, or not being, entitled to apply for maintenance income includes an individual who is, or is not, entitled to so apply under the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 or the Family Law Act 1975.

153 Subclause 20(1) of Schedule 1 (method statement, at the end of step 1)

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; and (d) disregard any maintenance income that is received by the individual, or the individual’s partner, from another individual if the income is over the maintenance income ceiling for the income (see Subdivisions C and D).

154 Clause 22 of Schedule 1

Omit “(other than a child for whom maintenance income is disregarded under step 1 of the method statement in clause 20).”, substitute:

, disregarding any child: (a) for whom maintenance income is disregarded under paragraph (a) of step 1 of the method statement in clause 20; or (b) in respect of whom neither the individual, nor the individual’s partner, is entitled to apply for maintenance income.

155 At the end of Division 5 of Part 2 of Schedule 1

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