96Disability support pension—suspension instead of cancellation under section 93

96  Disability support pension—suspension instead of cancellation under section 93  (a) a person ceases to be qualified for disability support pension because the person obtains paid work that is for at least 30 hours per week; and  (b) the person has, within the notification period referred to in section 93, informed the Secretary that the person has obtained that work;  (c) that section 93 does not apply to the person’s disability support pension; and  (d) that the person’s disability support pension is to be suspended with effect from the day the pension would otherwise have ceased to be payable under section 93.  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if:  (a) the Secretary gives written notice to the person that the person is no longer qualified for disability support pension; and  (b) the Secretary’s notice is given before the person informs the Secretary that the person has obtained work.  (a) disability support pension ceases to be payable to a person because the rate of the pension is nil as a result of employment income of the person; and  (b) the person has informed the Secretary about the employment income within the notification period referred to in section 93;  (c) that section 93 does not apply to the person’s disability support pension; and  (d) that the person’s disability support pension is to be suspended with effect from the day the pension would otherwise have ceased to be payable under section 93.  (a) the Secretary makes a determination under subsection (1) or (3) suspending a person’s disability support pension; and  (b) within 2 years from the date of effect of the determination, the Secretary reconsiders the decision to suspend; and  (3B) The reconsideration referred to in paragraph (3A)(b) may be a reconsideration on an application under section 129 or a reconsideration on the Secretary’s own initiative.  (3C) A determination that disability support pension was or is payable to the person under subsection (3A) takes effect:  (b) the determination suspending the disability support pension continues in effect throughout the period of 2 years from the date of effect of the determination; then, at the end of that period of 2 years, the determination granting the person disability support pension is, by force of this section, revoked.  (b) the person has a partner who is receiving:  (i) age pension; or  (ii) disability support pension; or  (iii) service pension, income support supplement or veteran payment; then, for the period of the suspension, the partner is taken to be partnered (partner getting neither pension nor benefit).  (b) the person has a partner who was, immediately before the suspension, receiving carer payment for the period of the suspension of the person’s disability support pension; the Secretary must determine that the partner’s carer payment is not to be cancelled but is to be suspended.