ï‚·        A person may be able to get a single lump - sum pension bonus if:

  (a)   the person becomes eligible for an age service pension, but defers claiming it; or

  (b)   the person is eligible for a partner service pension after reaching pension age, but defers claiming it; or

  (c)   the person is eligible for income support supplement after reaching qualifying age, but defers claiming it.

ï‚·        A person who wants to get a pension bonus must register as a member of the pension bonus scheme . An application for registration cannot be made on or after 1   July 2014.

ï‚·        To get a pension bonus, a person must accrue between 1 and 5 bonus periods while deferring age service pension, partner service pension or income support supplement.

ï‚·        Generally, a bonus period runs for 1 year.

ï‚·        To accrue a bonus period, the person must pass the work test for that period.

ï‚·        To pass the work test for a year, either the person, or the person's partner, must gainfully work for at least 960 hours during that year.

ï‚·        The amount of a person's pension bonus depends on the number of accrued bonus periods and the person's annual rate of age service pension, partner service pension or income support supplement. A person may get a bigger bonus by accruing more bonus periods.

ï‚·        Division   12 modifies the other provisions of the Part to deal with the case where a person was, before becoming a war widow/war widower--pensioner, either registered, or eligible to be registered, as a member of the pension bonus scheme under Part   2.2A of the Social Security Act 1991 .