Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsQualification
(1) Subject to subsections (6) 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.
Partner of former recipient of veterans' entitlement with employment income
(2) Subject to subsection (4), this section applies to a person who is a member of a couple if:
(a) the person's partner is eligible for fringe benefits under subsection 53A(3) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act because of the occurrence of an event or change of circumstances that results in the partner's service pension or income support supplement 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 payability.
(3) 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 (2) is not affected.
Residency requirement
(4) This section only applies to a person while the person is residing in Australia.
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).
(5) However, this section applies to a person in relation to a day if:
(a) the person is in Australia on that day but not residing in Australia; and
(b) the pension or payment that the person had been receiving was received solely because of the operation of the scheduled international social security agreement between Australia and New Zealand.
No double qualification--person receiving certain other social security payments
(6) 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.
(7) 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.