Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), if a person's rate of payment under this Act is to be reduced under this Part because of a payment under a self - employment program (a self - employment program payment ), the amount of rate reduction is to be equal to the amount of the self - employment program payment.
(2) If:
(a) a person's rate of payment under this Act is to be reduced under this Part because of a self - employment program payment; and
(b) the person's partner's rate of payment under this Act is also to be reduced under this Part (see subsection 1187(2)) because of the self - employment program payment;
the amount of rate reduction for both the person and the person's partner is to be equal to 50% of the amount of the self - employment program payment.
(3) A person's rate of payment under this Act is not to be reduced below nil under subsection (1) or (2).