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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 914E

Clean energy advance daily rate

  (1)   The recipient's clean energy advance daily rate is worked out as follows:

 

Working out the recipient's clean energy advance daily rate

 

If the recipient's clean energy qualifying payment is:

Use this provision:

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(a) age pension; or

(b) bereavement allowance; or

(c) disability support pension to which neither subsection   1066A(1) nor 1066B(1) applies; or

(d) wife pension; or

(e) carer payment; or

(f) seniors supplement; or

(g) widow B pension; or

(h) another payment, and the recipient reached pension age on or before the decision day

subsection   (2)

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one of the following payments, and the recipient is under pension age on the decision day:

(a) newstart allowance, if the recipient's maximum basic rate is worked out under point 1068 - B5;

(b) pension PP (single);

(c) youth allowance, if the recipient's maximum basic rate is worked out under point 1067G - B3A

subsection   (3)

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one of the following payments, and the recipient is under pension age on the decision day:

(a) newstart allowance, if the recipient's maximum basic rate is not worked out under point 1068 - B5;

(b) sickness allowance;

(c) partner allowance;

(d) widow allowance;

(e) benefit PP (partnered);

(f) special benefit, whose rate is worked out as if the recipient were qualified for newstart allowance

subsection   (4)

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disability support pension to which subsection   1066A(1) or 1066B(1) applies

subsection   (5)

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one of the following payments, and the recipient is under pension age on the decision day:

(a) austudy payment;

(b) youth allowance, if:

(i) the recipient's maximum basic rate is not worked out under point 1067G - B3A; and

(ii) the recipient's rate of youth allowance is not worked out by adding a youth disability supplement;

(c) special benefit, whose rate is worked out as if the recipient were qualified for austudy payment or youth allowance

subsection   (6)

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youth allowance, whose rate is worked out by adding a youth disability supplement

subsection   (7)

Note:   For recipient and decision day , see subsection   914D(1).

Rate for payments set out in item   1 of the table

  (2)   The recipient's clean energy advance daily rate is worked out by:

  (a)   working out 1.7% of the total of:

  (i)   double the maximum basic rate under Pension Rate Calculator A, worked out for 1   July 2012 for a person who is partnered; and

  (ii)   the combined couple rate of pension supplement for 1   July 2012; and

  (b)   rounding the result of paragraph   (a) up or down to the nearest multiple of $5.20 (rounding up if that result is not a multiple of $5.20 but is a multiple of $2.60); and

  (c)   adding $5.20 to the result of paragraph   (b); and

  (d)   applying the applicable percentage in the following table to the result of paragraph   (c); and

  (e)   rounding the result of paragraph   (d) up or down to the nearest multiple of $2.60 (rounding up if that rate is not a multiple of $2.60 but is a multiple of $1.30); and

  (f)   dividing the result of paragraph   (e) by 364.

 

Percentage to be applied

Item

Recipient's family situation on the advance qualification day

Use this %

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Not a member of a couple

66.33%

2

Partnered

50%

3

Member of an illness separated couple

66.33%

4

Member of a respite care couple

66.33%

5

Partnered (partner in gaol)

66.33%

Note:   This subsection covers payments covered by Pension Rate Calculator A, B or C, seniors supplement, recipients of other payments who have reached pension age and recipients of pensions covered by clause   146 of Schedule   1A.

Rate for payments set out in item   2 of the table

  (3)   The recipient's clean energy advance daily rate is worked out by:

  (a)   working out 1.7% of the total of the maximum basic rate, and the pension supplement basic amount, for the clean energy qualifying payment, worked out:

  (i)   for 1   July 2012; and

  (ii)   for a person in circumstances the same as the recipient's on the advance qualification day; and

  (b)   rounding the result of paragraph   (a) up or down to the nearest multiple of $2.60 (rounding up if that result is not a multiple of $2.60 but is a multiple of $1.30); and

  (c)   adding $5.20 to the result of paragraph   (b); and

  (d)   dividing the result of paragraph   (c) by 364.

Rate for payments set out in item   3 of the table

  (4)   The recipient's clean energy advance daily rate is worked out by:

  (a)   working out 1.7% of the maximum basic rate for the clean energy qualifying payment, worked out:

  (i)   for 1   July 2012; and

  (ii)   for a person in circumstances the same as the recipient's on the advance qualification day; and

  (b)   rounding the result of paragraph   (a) up or down to the nearest multiple of 10 cents (rounding up if that result is not a multiple of 10 cents but is a multiple of 5 cents); and

  (c)   adding 20 cents to the result of paragraph   (b); and

  (d)   dividing the result of paragraph   (c) by 14.

Rate for payments set out in item   4 of the table

  (5)   The recipient's clean energy advance daily rate is worked out by:

  (a)   working out 1.7% of the total of the maximum basic rate, and the youth disability supplement, for the clean energy qualifying payment, worked out:

  (i)   for the first day of the recipient's clean energy advance period; and

  (ii)   for a person in circumstances the same as the recipient's on the advance qualification day; and

  (b)   rounding the result of paragraph   (a) up or down to the nearest multiple of $2.60 (rounding up if that result is not a multiple of $2.60 but is a multiple of $1.30); and

  (c)   adding $5.20 to the result of paragraph   (b); and

  (d)   dividing the result of paragraph   (c) by 364.

Rate for payments set out in item   5 of the table

  (6)   The recipient's clean energy advance daily rate is worked out by:

  (a)   working out 1.7% of the maximum basic rate for the clean energy qualifying payment, worked out:

  (i)   for the first day of the recipient's clean energy advance period; and

  (ii)   for a person in circumstances the same as the recipient's on the advance qualification day; and

  (b)   rounding the result of paragraph   (a) up or down to the nearest multiple of 10 cents (rounding up if that result is not a multiple of 10 cents but is a multiple of 5 cents); and

  (c)   adding 20 cents to the result of paragraph   (b); and

  (d)   dividing the result of paragraph   (c) by 14.

Rate for payments set out in item   6 of the table

  (7)   The recipient's clean energy advance daily rate is worked out by:

  (a)   working out 1.7% of the total of the maximum basic rate, and the youth disability supplement, for the clean energy qualifying payment, worked out:

  (i)   for the first day of the recipient's clean energy advance period; and

  (ii)   for a person in circumstances the same as the recipient's on the advance qualification day; and

  (b)   rounding the result of paragraph   (a) up or down to the nearest multiple of 10 cents (rounding up if that result is not a multiple of 10 cents but is a multiple of 5 cents); and

  (c)   adding 20 cents to the result of paragraph   (b); and

  (d)   dividing the result of paragraph   (c) by 14.



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