Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 914

Qualification for days 14   May 2012 to 30   June 2012

  (1)   The Secretary may, on a day during the period starting on 14   May 2012 and ending on 30   June 2012, determine that a person is qualified for a clean energy advance if, on that day:

  (a)   the person receives one of the social security payments set out in subsection   (4); and

  (b)   the person's rate of payment is greater than nil; and

  (ba)   the person is residing in Australia; and

  (c)   the person is in Australia.

Qualification for days 1   July 2012 to 19   March 2013

  (2)   The Secretary may determine that a person is qualified for a clean energy advance if, on a day during the period starting on 1   July 2012 and ending on 19   March 2013:

  (a)   the person receives one of the social security payments set out in subsection   (4); and

  (b)   the person's rate of payment is greater than nil; and

  (ba)   the person is residing in Australia; and

  (c)   the person is in Australia.

  (3)   A determination under subsection   (2) must specify the first day during the period set out in that subsection for which the person:

  (a)   satisfies paragraphs   (2)(a), (b) and (ba); and

  (b)   is in Australia, disregarding any temporary absence from Australia for a continuous period not exceeding 6 weeks.

Clean energy qualifying payments

  (4)   The social security payments (the clean energy qualifying payments ) are as follows:

  (a)   age pension;

  (b)   benefit PP (partnered);

  (c)   bereavement allowance;

  (d)   carer payment;

  (e)   disability support pension (other than for a person who is under 21 with no dependent children);

  (f)   newstart allowance;

  (g)   pension PP (single);

  (h)   partner allowance;

  (i)   seniors supplement;

  (j)   sickness allowance;

  (k)   special benefit, whose rate is worked out as if the person were qualified for newstart allowance;

  (l)   widow allowance;

  (m)   widow B pension;

  (n)   wife pension.