Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1063

  (1)   The Rate Calculators use the following standard categories of family situations:

-   not member of a couple;

-   member of a couple (or partnered);

-   partnered (partner getting neither pension nor benefit);

-   partnered (partner getting pension or benefit);

-   partnered (partner getting pension);

-   partnered (partner getting benefit);

-   partnered (partner in gaol).

Note:   See section   4 for definitions of those terms.

  (2)   If it is necessary to distinguish between the members of sub - categories of these standard categories further words of description are added to the standard category label.