Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Commonwealth is liable to pay an energy supplement to a person for a day if:
(a) the condition in subsection (2) is met for the day; and
(b) the person is residing in Australia on the day; and
(c) on the day the person either:
(i) is in Australia; or
(ii) is temporarily absent from Australia and has been so for a continuous period not exceeding 6 weeks.
Note: Section 424L may affect the person's entitlement to the energy supplement.
Condition--receipt of compensation under this Part
(2) The condition is that either or both of the following apply:
(a) weekly compensation under this Part (except this section):
(i) is payable to the person for the day; or
(ii) would be payable to the person for the day apart from paragraph 398(3)(b) (of this Act) and offsetting described in subsection 13(4) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 ;
(b) before the day the person received lump sum compensation under this Part.
Rate of energy supplement
(3) The daily rate of the supplement is 1 / 7 of $3.80.