Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 50B

             (1)  Subject to subsection (2), if a person's rate of payment under Part III or IIIA is to be reduced under this Division because of a NEIS payment, the amount of rate reduction is to be equal to the amount of the NEIS payment.

             (2)  If:

                     (a)  a person's rate of payment under Part III or IIIA is to be reduced under this Division because of a NEIS payment; and

                     (b)  the person's partner's rate of payment under Part III or IIIA is also to be reduced under this Division (see subsection 50A(2) or (3)) because of the NEIS payment;

the amount of rate reduction for both the person and the person's partner is to be equal to 50% of the amount of the NEIS payment.

             (3)  A person's rate of payment under Part III or IIIA is not to be reduced below nil under subsection (1) or (2).