Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsPeople leaving Australia otherwise than temporarily
(1) A person who leaves Australia otherwise than temporarily is not eligible for pharmaceutical supplement under section 23B after the day on which he or she left Australia.
Temporary absence from Australia
(2) A person who is temporarily absent from Australia and has been so absent for more than 26 weeks is not eligible for pharmaceutical supplement under section 23B after the first 26 weeks of the absence.
When a person becomes eligible for pharmaceutical supplement after leaving Australia
(3) The person mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) again becomes eligible to receive pharmaceutical supplement under section 23B on the later of the following days:
(a) the day on which the person returns to Australia;
(b) the day on which the person notifies the Commission of his or her return to Australia.
When pharmaceutical supplement is not payable
(4) Even though a person is eligible for pharmaceutical supplement under section 23B, the supplement is not payable to the person if:
(a) he or she is receiving veterans supplement under section 118A of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 ; or
(b) he or she is receiving MRCA supplement under section 300 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 ; or
(c) he or she is receiving a pharmaceutical allowance under the Social Security Act 1991 ; or
(d) he or she is a wholly dependent partner of a deceased member (within the meaning of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 ); or
(e) he or she is receiving a social security payment (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991 ) for which a pension supplement amount (within the meaning of that Act) is used to work out the rate of the payment; or
(f) he or she is receiving a pension under Part II or IV of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 at a rate determined under or by reference to subsection 30(1) of that Act; or
(g) he or she is receiving a service pension (within the meaning of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 ); or
(h) he or she is receiving a veteran payment made under an instrument made under section 45SB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 .