Assessment of hardship for Income Maintenance Period (IMP) 106-05020030

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Policy

Types of assessable income from employment

Guide to Social Security Law, 4.3.3, Income from Employment

Guide to Social Security Law, 4.3.3.10, General Provisions for Income from Employment

Guide to Social Security Law, 4.3.3.40, Employment Income for Allowees

Information on the IMP, applying it to payments and the hardship provisions

Guide to Social Security Law, 4.3.4, Income Maintenance Period

Guide to Social Security Law, 4.3.4.10, Application of the Income Maintenance Period (IMP)

Guide to Social Security Law, 4.3.4.40, Hardship Provisions for the IMP

Prior to 1 July 1999, in determining whether an Income Maintenance Period (IMP) did not apply, in whole or in part, the Service Officer must have been satisfied that:

an IMP would cause severe financial hardship, and
the circumstances that would cause the hardship were not reasonably foreseeable by the customer

Definitions

Guide to Social Security Law, 1.1.S.125, Severe financial hardship - Ordinary Waiting Period, Seasonal Work Preclusion Period, Liquid Assets Test Waiting Period, Income Maintenance Period

Guide to Social Security Law, 1.1.U.20, Unavoidable or reasonable expenditure (JSP, YA, PP, Austudy)

Legislation

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Social Security Act 1991