Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1061R

    Even though a person is qualified for a telephone allowance, the allowance is not payable to the person if:

  (a)   the person is receiving a social security payment for which a pension supplement amount is used to work out the rate of the payment, with a pension supplement amount that is more than the person's pension supplement basic amount; or

  (b)   the following subparagraphs apply to the person:

  (i)   the person is qualified for the telephone allowance because of the application of subsection   1061Q(3C), (3F) or (3G) to the person in relation to a social security payment the person has ceased to receive;

  (ii)   immediately before the cessation of the payment, a pension supplement amount was used to work out the rate of the payment;

  (iii)   that pension supplement amount was more than the person's pension supplement basic amount; or

  (c)   an election by the person under subsection   1061VA(1) is in force; or

  (d)   the person is receiving energy supplement under Part   2.25B of this Act or Part   VIIAD of the Veterans' Entitlements Act; or

  (e)   the person is receiving MRCA supplement under section   221 or 245 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act; or

  (f)   the person is receiving veterans supplement under section   118B of the Veterans' Entitlements Act; or

  (g)   both:

  (i)   the person is a member of a couple (other than an illness separated, temporarily separated or respite care couple); and

  (ii)   the person's partner is receiving veterans supplement under either subsection   118B(2) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act or a determination under subsection   5R(1) of that Act.

Note 1:   For the purposes of subparagraph   (b)(i), subsections   1061Q(3C) and (3G) have an extended application (see subsections   1061Q(3D), (3E) and (3H)).

Note 2:   For member of a couple , illness separated couple , temporarily separated couple and respite care couple , see section   4.

Note 3:   Subsection   118B(2) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act covers certain categories of World War I veterans.

Note 4:   The relevant determination under subsection   5R(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act provides eligibility for veterans supplement to certain categories of World War I Australian mariners.