Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 48

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act, a person disposes of ordinary income of the person if the person engages in a course of conduct that diminishes, directly or indirectly, the rate of the person's ordinary income and either:

                     (a)  the person receives no consideration in money or money's worth for the diminution; or

                     (b)  the person receives inadequate consideration in money or money's worth for the diminution; or

                     (c)  the Commission is satisfied that the purpose, or the dominant purpose, of the person in engaging in that course of conduct was:

                              (i)  to obtain or enable the person's partner to obtain a service pension, income support supplement or a social security pension or benefit; or

                             (ii)  to obtain or enable the person's partner to obtain a service pension, income support supplement or a social security pension or benefit at a higher rate than that which would otherwise have been payable; or

                            (iii)  to ensure that the person or the person's partner would be eligible for benefits under Division 12 of this Part or fringe benefits under the Social Security Act.

Note:          For amount of disposition see section 48A.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to a course of conduct consisting of the provision of short-term or long-term residential accommodation to a family member of the person for no payment or payment less than the market value of the provision of the accommodation.

Note:          For family member see subsection 5L(1).