Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The rate of telephone allowance for a person to whom section 1061SB (increased rate for home internet) does not apply is worked out using the following Table:
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Standard rate of telephone allowance |
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Column 1 Item |
Column 2 Person's situation |
Column 3 Rate per year |
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1. |
$88.00 |
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2. |
Partnered (partner getting neither social security pension nor social security benefit), partner not holder of a seniors health card and person getting pension or benefit before 12 March 1992 |
$51.80 |
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3. |
Partnered (partner getting neither social security pension nor social security benefit), partner not holder of a seniors health card and person not getting pension or benefit before 12 March 1992 |
$44.00 |
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4. |
Partnered, and: (a) partner getting pension or benefit; or (b) partner is a holder of a seniors health card; and: (c) partner is not getting telephone allowance; and (d) if the partner were taken to be qualified for telephone allowance, section 1061R would not prevent telephone allowance from being payable to the partner |
$88.00 |
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5. |
Partnered, and: (a) partner getting pension or benefit; or (b) partner is a holder of a seniors health card; and: (c) partner is getting telephone allowance; or (d) if the partner were taken to be qualified for telephone allowance, section 1061R would prevent telephone allowance from being payable to the partner |
$44.00 |
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6. |
Member of an illness separated, temporarily separated or respite care couple |
$88.00 |
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7. |
Partnered, and: (a) partner not getting veterans supplement under section 118B of the Veterans' Entitlements Act; and (b) partner not getting MRCA supplement under section 221 or 245 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act |
$88.00 |
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8. |
Partnered, and: (a) partner getting veterans supplement under section 118B of the Veterans' Entitlements Act; or (b) partner getting MRCA supplement under section 221 or 245 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act |
$44.00 |
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9. |
Partnered (partner in gaol) |
$88.00 |
Note: the amounts in column 3 (except the item 2 amount) are indexed or adjusted annually in line with CPI increases (see sections 1191 to 1194).
(1A) Item 7 does not apply to a person if any other item applies to the person.
(2) If item 8 applies to a person, neither item 2 nor 3 applies to the person.
(3) Item 2 does not apply to a person if the rate of telephone allowance that would be payable to the person if item 2 applied is less than the rate that would otherwise be payable.
Note: because the item 2 rate is not indexed it may eventually become a lower rate than other rates in the Table.
(3A) For the purposes of working out a person's rate of telephone allowance under subsection (1), the person's partner is taken to be the holder of a seniors health card if the partner:
(a) is temporarily absent from Australia for a continuous period not exceeding 13 weeks; and
(b) was the holder of a seniors health card immediately before leaving Australia.
(4) In this section:
person getting pension or benefit before 12 March 1992 means a person to whom clause 41 of Schedule 1A applies.
person not getting pension or benefit before 12 March 1992 means a person to whom clause 41 of Schedule 1A does not apply.
Note: clause 41 of Schedule 1A applies to people who were receiving social security pension or benefit before 12 March 1992 and who meet certain other conditions.
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