Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 61

Disqualification

Section 61 provides for regulations that may disqualify an adopting parent from receiving adoptive benefit if they engage in certain types of work during the benefit period.

• Regulations may be made to disqualify an adopting parent from receiving adoptive benefit.
• Disqualification applies where the parent works during the period the benefit is payable.
• The work concerned includes insurable employment, insurable self-employment, and employment covered for occupational injuries.
• Certain other categories of employment and self-employment specified in Schedule 1 are also covered.