Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThis Division applies to a person during a period (the period of absence ) throughout which the person is continuously absent from Australia, if:
(a) immediately before the period of absence commenced, the person was receiving a social security payment (the payment ) mentioned in column 2 of the table at the end of section 1217; or
(b) during the period of absence, the person's claim for such a payment is granted under the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 .