10Parenting payment claimed under agreement

#### 10 Parenting payment claimed under agreement (1) If: (a) a scheduled international social security agreement authorises a person who is outside Australia to lodge a claim for parenting payment; and (b) the person, while outside Australia, lodges a claim for parenting payment; and (c) the person is not a member of a couple; and (d) the person would qualify for parenting payment if the following provisions had not been enacted: (i) paragraph 500(1)(b) or (c) of the Social Security Act 1991; (ii) subparagraph 500(1)(d)(ii) of that Act; (iii) subsection 5(21), (23) or (24) of that Act; then: (e) in determining whether the person is qualified for parenting payment, assume that the provisions referred to in paragraph (d) had not been enacted; and (f) if parenting payment is payable to the person, it is taken to be payable to the person under the scheduled international social security agreement. (2) If: (a) a person who is in Australia lodges a claim for parenting payment; and (b) the person is not a member of a couple; and (c) the person would qualify for parenting payment under a scheduled international social security agreement if subparagraph 500(1)(d)(ii) of the Social Security Act 1991 had not been enacted; then: (d) in determining whether the person is qualified for parenting payment, assume that subparagraph 500(1)(d)(ii) of the Social Security Act 1991 had not been enacted; and (e) if parenting payment is payable to the person, it is taken to be payable to the person under the scheduled international social security agreement.