Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsA person is qualified for a special needs disability support pension if:
(a) the person has not resided in Australia at any time after 7 May 1973; and
(b) the person is severely disabled; and
(c) the person has turned 16; and
(d) at the time when the person first satisfied paragraph (b), the person was in Australia or temporarily absent from Australia; and
(e) the person is, in the opinion of the Secretary, in special need of financial assistance.
Note: A person who is receiving a special needs disability support pension may be automatically transferred to the special needs age pension if the person becomes qualified for the special needs age pension (see subsection 789(3)).