Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of this Part, a person passes the work test for a part - year period of the person's accruing membership of the pension bonus scheme if:
(a) in any case--the person satisfies the Secretary that the total number of hours gainfully worked by the person during that period was at least the pro - rated number of hours (see subsection (2)) and that at least two - thirds of that total number of hours were worked in Australia; or
(b) if the person had only one partner during that period--the person satisfies the Secretary that the total number of hours gainfully worked by the person's partner during that period while the partner was a partner of the person and was:
(i) an accruing member, or a post - 75 member, of the pension bonus scheme; or
(ii) an accruing member, or a post - 70/75 member, of the corresponding scheme under Part IIIAB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act;
was at least the pro - rated number of hours (see subsection (2)) and that at least two - thirds of that total number of hours were worked in Australia; or
(c) if the person had 2 or more partners during that period--the person satisfies the Secretary that the total number of hours gainfully worked by those partners during that period while they were partners of the person and were:
(i) accruing members, or post - 75 members, of the pension bonus scheme; or
(ii) accruing members, or post - 70/75 members, of the corresponding scheme under Part IIIAB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act;
was at least the pro - rated number of hours (see subsection (2)) and that at least two - thirds of that total number of hours were worked in Australia;
and either:
(d) the person satisfies the Secretary that the applicable record - keeping requirements (see section 93C) have been complied with in relation to that period; or
(e) the Secretary decides to waive compliance with the applicable record - keeping requirements in relation to that period.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the pro - rated number of hours applicable to a period is worked out using the formula:
