Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1061ZD

Qualification

  (1)   Subject to subsections   (5), (5A) and (7), a person is qualified for a pensioner concession card for the period of 2 years starting on the day on which this section begins to apply to the person.

Former recipient with 30 hours per week employment

  (2)   Subject to subsection   (4), this section applies to a person if:

  (a)   the person has been receiving a disability support pension; and

  (b)   the person commences employment that requires him or her to work for at least 30 hours per week; and

  (c)   because of the commencement of that employment, the person ceases (having regard, where appropriate, to the operation of section   1073J) to be qualified for the disability support pension.

Former recipient with increase in employment income

  (3)   Subject to subsection   (4), this section applies to a person if:

  (a)   the person has been receiving a disability support pension; and

  (b)   because there is an increase in the person's ordinary income from employment (and after any working credit balance of the person is reduced to nil), the disability support pension ceases to be payable to the person.

Partner of former recipient with employment

  (3A)   Subject to subsection   (4), this section applies to a person who is a member of a couple if:

  (a)   the person's partner is qualified for a pensioner concession card under this section because:

  (i)   subsection   (2) applies to the partner because of the occurrence of the event or change of circumstances covered by that subsection and the partner ceasing to be qualified for disability support pension; or

  (ii)   subsection   (3) applies to the partner because of the occurrence of the event or change of circumstances covered by that subsection and disability support pension ceasing to be payable to the partner; and

  (b)   immediately before the event or change of circumstances, the person was receiving an age pension, disability support pension or carer payment; and

  (c)   the person's pension or payment ceases to be payable to the person because the rate of the person's pension or payment is nil; and

  (d)   the person's cessation of payability occurs because of the occurrence of the same event or change of circumstances that resulted in the partner's cessation of qualification or payability.

  (3B)   To avoid doubt, if the person ceases to be a member of the couple after that event or change of circumstances, the person's qualification for a pensioner concession card because of subsection   (3A) is not affected.

Residency requirement

  (4)   Subject to subsection   (6), this section only applies to a person while the person is in Australia and is an Australian resident.

Note:   If the person is temporarily absent from Australia, the person continues to be qualified for a pensioner concession card for a maximum period of up to 6 weeks (see Division   4).

No double qualification--person receiving certain other social security payments

  (5)   If, during the period of 2 years referred to in subsection   (1), a person receives an instalment of a social security pension that relates to one or more days within that period, the person is not qualified under this section for a pensioner concession card on the day or days in relation to which the person receives the instalment.

  (5A)   If, during the period of 2 years referred to in subsection   (1), a person receives an instalment of:

  (a)   a youth allowance while subsection   1061ZA(2A) applies to the person; or

  (b)   a jobseeker payment while subsection   1061ZA(2B) applies to the person; or

  (c)   a benefit PP (partnered) while subsection   1061ZA(2D) applies to the person;

that relates to one or more days within that period, the person is not qualified under this section for a pensioner concession card on the day or days in relation to which the person receives the instalment.

Residency requirement exception--New Zealand agreement

  (6)   In spite of subsection   (4), this section applies to a person in relation to a day if:

  (a)   the person is in Australia on that day; and

  (b)   the age pension, disability support pension or carer payment that the person had been receiving was received solely because of the operation of the scheduled international agreement between Australia and New Zealand.

Note:   If the person is temporarily absent from Australia, the person continues to be qualified for a pensioner concession card for a maximum period of up to 6 weeks (see Division   4).

No double qualification--person with partial capacity to work

  (7)   This section does not apply in any case where a person is qualified for a pensioner concession card under section   1061ZEB.