Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For any provision of the social security law covered by subsection (2), the Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine:
(a) that the provision is varied as specified in the determination; or
(b) that the provision does not apply; or
(c) that the provision does not apply and that another provision specified in the determination applies instead.
Note: Section 1263 deals with the period the determination is in force.
Provisions able to be modified
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the provisions are the following:
(a) subsection 23(4A) or (4AA);
(b) paragraph 500(1)(d) and subsections 500(3) and (4);
(c) section 500WA;
(d) section 500WB;
(e) section 500X;
(f) section 500Y;
(g) section 500Z;
(h) subsection 540BA(4);
(i) section 549CA;
(j) section 549CB;
(k) section 549D;
(l) section 549E;
(m) section 553C;
(n) section 575D;
(o) section 575E;
(p) section 575EA;
(q) Part 2.12, in relation to working out whether a person is a member of a couple;
(r) subsection 593(8);
(s) section 620;
(t) section 621;
(u) section 623A;
(v) section 623B;
(w) section 633;
(x) subsection 654(3);
(y) section 739A;
(z) section 745M;
(za) section 1046;
(zb) Module H of the Youth Allowance Rate Calculator in section 1067G, in relation to working out the rate of youth allowance where neither section 540AA (about new apprentices) nor paragraph 541(1)(a) (about full - time study) applies;
(zc) Part 3.6, in relation to working out whether a person is a member of a couple for the purposes of working out the rate of jobseeker payment;
(zd) Module G of Benefit Rate Calculator B in section 1068, in relation to working out the rate of jobseeker payment;
(ze) section 1216;
(zf) Division 3 of Part 4.2;
(zg) clause 128 of Schedule 1A.
Determination to be in response to COVID - 19
(3) The Minister must be satisfied that a determination under subsection (1) is in response to circumstances relating to the coronavirus known as COVID - 19.
Application of determination
(4) A determination under subsection (1) must be expressed to:
(a) apply to all persons; or
(b) apply to a specified class or specified classes of persons.
Determination may provide for things to have been done before commencement
(5) A determination under subsection (1) may provide that a person is taken to have done a specified thing on a day before the determination commences.
Determination has effect accordingly
(6) A determination under subsection (1) has effect accordingly.
(7) In this section:
"Minister" means the Minister administering the Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999 .