Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For paragraph (b) of the definition of income in subsection 66A (4) of the Act, the following payments are prescribed:
(a) payments, in the nature of an amenity allowance or gratuity, authorised by the Governor of a prison, to a person serving a term of imprisonment in the prison, to the extent that the payment is not for:
(i) work done by the person inside or outside the prison; or
(ii) approved study undertaken by the person inside or outside the prison; or
(iii) participation by the person in any other program approved by the Governor;
(b) support pension payments of the following kinds:
(i) disability support pension paid to a person under the social security law;
(ii) pension paid to a veteran who is totally and permanently incapacitated as mentioned in paragraph 24 (1) (b) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 ;
(iii) Special Rate Disability Pension paid to a person under Part 6 of Chapter 4 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 .
(2) For paragraph (1) (b), a pension is a support pension only if the Registrar is satisfied that:
(a) at least 85% of the pension is paid by, or on behalf of, the pension recipient to another person; and
(b) the other person provides ongoing care to the pension recipient in return for the payment.
(3) In this regulation:
"amenity allowance or gratuity" means periodical payments of an incidental nature to a person for any of the following:
(a) the purchase of personal items such as toiletries;
(b) other minor expenses.
"Governor" means the person in charge of a prison, however described.
"social security law" has the same meaning as in subsection 3 (3) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 .
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