Social Security (Administration) (Relocation Assistance) Specification 2014

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

This specification tells Centrelink which government payments count as relocation assistance under social security law.

What it covers If you receive money from either of these Department of Employment programmes, it’s officially classified as relocation assistance:

Move 2 Work – payments to help you move for a job
Relocation Assistance to Take Up a Job – payments to help you relocate to accept employment

Why this matters When a payment is classified as "relocation assistance" under social security law, it usually means the money won’t count as income when Centrelink calculates your welfare benefits (like JobSeeker). This lets you accept government help to move for work without having your dole payment reduced.

The catch If you somehow get two or more payments under these programmes for the same job, only the first payment gets this special treatment. Any subsequent payments for that same employment don’t qualify.

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Social Security (Administration) (Relocation Assistance) Specification 2014

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

I, RENÉE LEON, Secretary of the Department of Employment, make this specification under paragraph 42S (3B) (b) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

Dated 26 June 2014

RENÉE LEON PSM

Secretary

Department of Employment

1 Name of Specification

This specification is the Social Security (Administration) (Relocation Assistance) Specification 2014.

2 Commencement

This specification commences on 1 July 2014.

3 Revocation

The Social Security (Administration) (Relocation Assistance) (DEEWR) Specification 2013 (No. 1) is revoked.

4 Relocation assistance

(1) For paragraph 42S(3B)(b) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, a payment made to a person under the following programmes:

(a) Move 2 Work; or

(b) Relocation Assistance to Take Up a Job;

both administered by the Department of Employment, are specified.

(2) However, if a person is paid two or more payments under either of the programmes listed in subsection (1) in relation to particular employment, only the first such payment is specified.

1 Social Security (Administration) (Relocation Assistance) Specification 2014

Social Security (Administration) (Relocation Assistance) Specification 2014

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

I, RENÉE LEON, Secretary of the Department of Employment, make this specification under paragraph 42S (3B) (b) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

Dated 26 June 2014

RENÉE LEON PSM

Secretary

Department of Employment

1 Name of Specification

This specification is the Social Security (Administration) (Relocation Assistance) Specification 2014.

2 Commencement

This specification commences on 1 July 2014.

3 Revocation

The Social Security (Administration) (Relocation Assistance) (DEEWR) Specification 2013 (No. 1) is revoked.

4 Relocation assistance

(1) For paragraph 42S(3B)(b) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, a payment made to a person under the following programmes:

(a) Move 2 Work; or

(b) Relocation Assistance to Take Up a Job;

both administered by the Department of Employment, are specified.

(2) However, if a person is paid two or more payments under either of the programmes listed in subsection (1) in relation to particular employment, only the first such payment is specified.

Social Security (Administration) (Relocation Assistance) Specification 2014

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