Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 900

Qualified if this section applies

  (1)   A person is qualified for an economic security strategy payment if subsection   (2), (3) or (4) applies to the person.

Receipt of certain payments

  (2)   This subsection applies to a person if:

  (a)   the person was receiving one of the following payments in respect of 14   October 2008:

  (i)   an age pension;

  (ii)   a disability support pension;

  (iii)   a wife pension;

  (iv)   a carer payment;

  (v)   a bereavement allowance;

  (vi)   a widow B pension;

  (vii)   a widow allowance;

  (viii)   partner allowance;

  (ix)   carer allowance; and

  (b)   except in the case of carer allowance, the person was receiving that payment because of a claim the person made on or before 14   October 2008.

Note:   For receive see subsections   23(2) and (4).

Pension age and receipt of other payments

  (3)   This subsection applies to a person if:

  (a)   the person reached pension age on or before 14   October 2008; and

  (b)   the person was receiving one of the following payments in respect of 14   October 2008:

  (i)   a parenting payment;

  (ii)   austudy payment;

  (iii)   special benefit;

  (iv)   a payment under the ABSTUDY Scheme that includes an amount identified as living allowance; and

  (c)   the person was receiving that payment because of a claim the person made on or before 14   October 2008.

Note:   For receive see subsections   23(2) and (4).

Qualified for seniors health card

  (4)   This subsection applies to a person if:

  (a)   on or before 14   October 2008, the person made a claim for a seniors health card under Division   1 of Part   3 of the Administration Act and had not withdrawn that claim on or before 14   October 2008; and

  (b)   on 14   October 2008, the person was qualified for the card.

One payment under this section only

  (5)   A person cannot receive more than one payment under this section, regardless of how many times the person qualifies under this section.

  (6)   Despite anything else in this section, a person who is eligible for a payment under section   118ZZQ of the Veterans' Entitlements Act is not qualified for a payment under this section unless the person is so qualified because he or she was receiving carer allowance in respect of 14   October 2008.