Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this section, a person who:
(a) has entered Australia; and
(b) has not been an Australian resident and in Australia for a period of, or periods totalling, 208 weeks;
is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who has a qualifying residence exemption for a jobseeker payment.
Note: For qualifying residence exemption in relation to jobseeker payment, see paragraph 7(6AA)(f).
(7) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person:
(a) is the principal carer of one or more children; and
(b) is not a member of a couple; and
(c) was not a lone parent at the start of the person's current period as an Australian resident.
Note 1: For principal carer see subsections 5(15) to (24).
Note 2: For lone parent and current period as an Australian resident see subsection 23(1).
(8) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if:
(a) the person is a refugee, or a former refugee, at the time the person made the claim for a jobseeker payment; or
(b) the following apply:
(i) before the person made the claim for a jobseeker payment, the person was a family member of another person at the time the other person became a refugee;
(ii) the person is a family member of that other person at the time the person made the claim for a jobseeker payment or, if that other person has died, the person was a family member of that other person immediately before that other person died; or
(c) the person is an Australian citizen at the time the person made the claim for a jobseeker payment.
(9) For the purposes of subsection (8):
(a) family member has the meaning given by subsection 7(6D); and
(b) former refugee has the meaning given by subsection 7(1); and
(c) refugee has the meaning given by subsection 7(6B).