Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 575E

                   If a person is subject to a newly arrived resident's waiting period, the period:

                     (a)  starts on the day on which the person first entered Australia; and

                     (b)  ends when the person has been an Australian resident in Australia for a period of, or periods totalling, 104 weeks after that day.

Note:          For Australian resident see subsection 7(2).