Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 48

             (1)  Telephone allowance is to be paid by instalments.

             (2)  An instalment of telephone allowance is to be paid to a person on each telephone allowance payday on which telephone allowance is payable to the person.

             (3)  The amount of an instalment of telephone allowance is worked out by dividing the amount of the annual rate of telephone allowance by 4.

             (4)  In this section:

"telephone allowance payday" means:

                     (a)  for a person who is qualified for telephone allowance otherwise than under subsection 1061Q(4A)--the first day on which an instalment of a social security periodic payment would normally be paid to the person on or after any of the following:

                              (i)  1 January;

                             (ii)  20 March;

                            (iii)  1 July;

                            (iv)  20 September; and

                     (b)  for a person who is qualified for telephone allowance under subsection 1061Q(4A)--any of the following:

                              (i)  1 January;

                             (ii)  20 March;

                            (iii)  1 July;

                            (iv)  20 September;

                            or the first working day after that day if that day is not a working day.

"working day" means a day other than:

                     (a)  a Saturday; or

                     (b)  a Sunday; or

                     (c)  a day that is a public holiday or bank holiday in Canberra or Sydney.