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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1061UB

Rate of seniors supplement

             (1)  The person's annual rate of seniors supplement is the amount worked out by:

                     (a)  applying the applicable percentage in the following table to the combined couple rate of minimum pension supplement; and

                     (b)  if:

                              (i)  the person is not partnered; and

                             (ii)  the amount resulting from paragraph (a) is not a multiple of $2.60;

                            rounding the amount up or down to the nearest multiple of $2.60 (rounding up if the amount is not a multiple of $2.60 but is a multiple of $1.30).

 

Item

Person's family situation

Use this %

1

Not member of couple

66.33%

2

Partnered

50%

3

Member of illness separated couple

66.33%

4

Member of respite care couple

66.33%

5

Partnered (partner in gaol)

66.33%

Note:          For combined couple rate of minimum pension supplement , see subsection 20A(2).

             (2)  The person's daily rate of seniors supplement is worked out by dividing the person's annual rate by 364.


 

   



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