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Social Security Act 1991
92XGainful work—basic rule
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#### 92X Gainful work—basic rule
(1) For the purposes of this Part, gainful work is work for financial gain or reward, whether as an employee, a self‑employed person or otherwise, where:
(a) the work involves a substantial degree of personal exertion on the part of the person concerned; and
(b) the work is carried on within or outside Australia.
(2) Subsection (1) is to be ignored in determining the meaning of an expression used in a provision of this Act other than this Part.