Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 222

Exclusion of child benefit for superannuation or pension purposes

Section 222 provides that child benefit income is disregarded when applying pension or superannuation abatement rules.

• Child benefit payments are excluded from income calculations under pension abatement provisions.
• This protection applies across all legislation dealing with superannuation or pensions.
• No enactment may use child benefit income as a basis for reducing pension entitlements.
• The section ensures that families receiving child benefit are not penalised in their pension arrangements.