Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 67E

Service pension or income support supplement

  (1)   A person is eligible for a one - off energy assistance payment if:

  (a)   service pension or income support supplement is payable to the person on 2   April 2019; and

  (b)   service pension or income support supplement is so payable because of a claim the person made on or before 2   April 2019; and

  (c)   the person is residing in Australia on 2   April 2019.

  (2)   The amount of a person's one - off energy assistance payment under subsection   (1) is worked out using the following table, having regard to the person's situation on 2   April 2019.

Note:   For member of a couple , partnered , illness separated couple and respite care couple , see subsections   5E(1) and (5) and 5R(5) and (6).

Pension under Part   II or IV or veteran payment

  (3)   A person is eligible for a one - off energy assistance payment if:

  (a)   the person receives for 2   April 2019 a pension under Part   II or IV at a rate determined under or by reference to section   22, 23, 24 or 27; and

  (b)   the person's rate of the pension is greater than nil for 2   April 2019; and

  (c)   the person is residing in Australia on 2   April 2019.

  (4)   A person is eligible for a one - off energy assistance payment if:

  (a)   the person receives for 2   April 2019 a pension under Part   II or IV at a rate determined under or by reference to subsection   30(1); and

  (b)   the person's rate of the pension is greater than nil for 2   April 2019; and

  (c)   the person is residing in Australia on 2   April 2019.

  (5)   For the purposes of subsections   (3) and (4), a person is taken to receive a pension under Part   II or IV at a rate greater than nil even if the person's rate would be nil, or pension would not be payable, merely because the rate is reduced, or pension is not payable, under Division   4, 5 or 5A of Part   II or section   74.

  (6)   A person is eligible for a one - off energy assistance payment if:

  (a)   veteran payment is payable to the person on 2   April 2019; and

  (b)   veteran payment is so payable because of a claim made on or before 2   April 2019; and

  (c)   the person is residing in Australia on 2   April 2019.

  (7)   The amount of a person's one - off energy assistance payment under subsection   (3), (4) or (6) is $75.