Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsCompensation for permanent impairment
(1) A person is eligible for a one - off energy assistance payment if:
(a) the condition in subsection (2) is met; and
(b) the person is residing in Australia on 2 April 2019.
(2) The condition is that either or both of the following apply:
(a) weekly compensation under Part 2 of Chapter 4 of the MRCA:
(i) is payable to the person for 2 April 2019; or
(ii) would be payable to the person for 2 April 2019 apart from paragraph 398(3)(b) of the MRCA and offsetting described in subsection 13(4) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 ;
(b) before 2 April 2019 the person received lump sum compensation under Part 2 of Chapter 4 of the MRCA.
Special Rate Disability Pension
(3) A person is eligible for a one - off energy assistance payment if:
(a) Special Rate Disability Pension under the MRCA:
(i) is payable to the person for 2 April 2019; or
(ii) would be payable to the person for 2 April 2019 apart from section 204, and paragraph 398(3)(b), of the MRCA; and
(b) the person is residing in Australia on 2 April 2019.
Compensation for wholly dependent partners
(4) A person is eligible for a one - off energy assistance payment if:
(a) the condition in subsection (5) is met; and
(b) the person is residing in Australia on 2 April 2019.
(5) The condition is that either or both of the following apply:
(a) weekly compensation under Division 2 of Part 2 of Chapter 5 of the MRCA either:
(i) is payable to the person for 2 April 2019; or
(ii) would be payable to the person for 2 April 2019 apart from paragraph 398(3)(b) of the MRCA;
(b) before 2 April 2019 the person received lump sum compensation under Division 2 of Part 2 of Chapter 5 of the MRCA and subsection 388(6) of the MRCA has not applied to the person before 2 April 2019.
Amount of one - off energy assistance payment
(6) The amount of a person's one - off energy assistance payment under this section is $75.