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VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 198FAA

Indexation of seniors health card income limit

  (1)   This section applies to the dollar amount mentioned in column 3 of item   1, 2, 3 or 4 of the table in point 118ZZA - 11.

  (2)   That dollar amount, for an indexation day on which the indexation factor is greater than 1, is replaced by the amount that is worked out using the following formula:

Start formula Dollar amount on the day before the indexation day times Indexation factor for the indexation day end formula

  (3)   The indexation factor for an indexation day is the number worked out using the following formula:

Start formula start fraction Index number for the most recent June quarter before the indexation day over Highest index number for an earlier June quarter (but not earlier than June quarter 2013) end fraction end formula

  (4)   The indexation factor is to be calculated to 3 decimal places, but increased by 0.001 if the fourth decimal place is more than 4.

  (5)   If an amount worked out under subsection   (2) is not a multiple of a dollar, the amount is to be rounded to the nearest multiple of a dollar (rounding up in the case of 50 cents).

  (6)   In this section:

"indexation day" means 20   September 2014 and each later 20   September.



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