Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a person is eligible for a 2022 cost of living payment under this Division, the Commission must, subject to subsection (2), pay the payment to the person in a single lump sum:
(a) on the date, occurring on or after 29 March 2022, that the Commission considers to be the earliest date on which it is reasonably practicable for the payment to be paid; and
(b) in such manner as the Commission considers appropriate.
(2) The Commission must not pay the payment on or after 1 July 2023.