Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 778A

             (1)  In spite of anything else in this Part, a special needs widow B pension must not be granted to a woman unless:

                     (a)  the woman's claim for the pension is lodged before 20 March 1997; and

                     (b)  the woman is qualified for the pension before that day.

             (2)  If section 15 of the Administration Act applies to a woman, the woman is taken, for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, to have lodged a claim on the day on which the initial claim was made.

             (3)  This section does not apply in relation to a determination by the Secretary under section 85 of the Administration Act.

             (4)  In this section:

"initial claim" has the same meaning as in section 15 of the Administration Act.