(5) Livelihood (subparagraph 7 of paragraph (1) above) shall be sufficiently ensured if, at the time of the ruling, proof is furnished by the alien of his fixed and regular income from employment, revenue, statutory maintenance entitlements or insurance benefits over an average of 36 months from the last six years prior to the time of the application, of which the last six months adduced have to immediately precede the time of the application. In the period adduced the alien’s income must provide him with a standard of living, without recourse to social welfare allowances from local authorities, whose amount corresponds to the average of the reference rates set out in article 293 of the General Social Insurance Act (ASVG), FLG No. 189/1955, for the last three years. The alien’s fixed and regular income shall be reduced by regular expenditure, in particular by rental disbursements, credit disbursements, seizures and by maintenance payments to third persons not living under the same roof. A sum up to the amount stipulated in article 292, paragraph (3), of the ASVG shall be disregarded once only in such computation and not give rise to an increase in the income required in accordance with the first sentence of the present paragraph. With regard to proof of means of support from maintenance entitlements, account shall be taken solely of the portion of revenue which exceeds the seizure-exempt subsistence level, as specified in article 291a of the Enforcement and Distraint Statute (EO), Reich Law Gazette (RLG) No. 79/1896, for the purpose of assessing the debtor’s ability to pay. If, during the adduced last six months immediately preceding the time of the application, childcare allowance is received in accordance with the provisions of the Childcare Allowance Act (KBGG), FLG I No. 103/2001, livelihood shall be deemed to be sufficiently ensured in the period during which childcare allowance is received. (6) (Constitutional provision) The requirements set out in subparagraphs 1 and 7 of paragraph (1) and in paragraph (3) above shall not apply if the Federal Government confirms that the granting of nationality is in the particular interests of the Republic by reason of the alien’s actual or expected outstanding achievements. (7) The Federal Government may, at the proposal of the Federal Minister of the Interior, issue an order laying down more specific stipulations with regard to the process for obtaining confirmation from the Federal Government in procedures in accordance with paragraph (6) above. Article 10a. (1) A further requirement for the granting of nationality shall in all cases be proof of: 1. Sufficient knowledge of the German language pursuant to article 6, paragraph (2), subparagraph 2, of the Integration Act (IntG), FLG I No. 68/2017, and 2. Basic knowledge of the democratic system and the fundamental principles which can be derived therefrom as well as the history of Austria and of the federal province concerned. (2) The following shall be exempt from the proofs specified in paragraph (1) above: 1.The cases referred to in paragraphs (4) and (6) of article 10, paragraph (2) of article 11a, article 13, article 57, article 58c and article 59; 2. Aliens who at the time of filing the application are under-age persons; 3. Aliens in regard to whom it is not possible to furnish the proofs by reason of their chronically poor state of physical or mental health, in particular by reason of a speech or hearing impediment, and such condition is substantiated by an official medical report; 4. Other aliens incompetent to act not solely by reason of their age. (3) The proofs specified in paragraph (1) above shall be deemed furnished if, at the time of filing the application, the alien is an under-age person and, with regard to the compulsory general education requirement: