Part 1B heading: inserted, on 15 July 2013, by section 12 of the Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 13).
Applicant, in this section and sections 20B to 20H and Schedule 3A, means a person who is any of the following:
a person who is the mother or father of 1 or more dependent children and who is living apart from, and has lost the support of or is being inadequately maintained by, the person’s spouse or partner:
a single person who is the mother or father of 1 or more dependent children:
a person whose marriage or civil union has been dissolved, and who is the mother or father of 1 or more dependent children:
a person who is the mother or father of 1 or more dependent children and who has lost the regular support of the person’s spouse or partner because that spouse or partner is subject to a sentence of imprisonment and is—
serving the sentence in a prison (as defined in section 3(1) of the Corrections Act 2004); or
subject to release conditions (as defined in section 4(1) of the Parole Act 2002) that prevent him or her undertaking employment:
a person who is the mother or father of 1 or more dependent children and who has lost the regular support of the person’s spouse or partner because that spouse or partner is subject to a sentence of supervision, intensive supervision, or home detention and is subject to conditions (including post-detention conditions of a sentence of home detention) that prevent that spouse or partner from undertaking employment:
a person who is the mother or father of 1 or more dependent children and whose spouse or partner has died.
Section 20A: inserted, on 15 July 2013, by section 12 of the Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 13).