151Rehabilitation allowance during rehabilitation programs

##### 151 Rehabilitation allowance during rehabilitation programs While a disabled person is undertaking a rehabilitation program under Part III of the Disability Services Act 1986 (being a rehabilitation program that consists of, or includes, employment or vocational training), or any follow-up program under that Part to such a rehabilitation program (being a follow-up program in relation to which the Secretary has directed, in writing, that this section applies), in its operation as extended by this Division, he shall be paid: (a) a rehabilitation allowance under the Social Security Act 1991 at the same rate as the rate of disability support pension that would be payable to the disabled person for the time being under that Act if the disabled person were receiving a disability support pension under that Act; and (b) an amount equal to the rate of wife pension that would be payable to the disabled person’s wife under that Act if the disabled person were receiving a disability support pension under that Act.