Social Security Act 1991

A person is qualified for an advance pharmaceutical allowance if:

the person is receiving a social security pension; and

the Secretary is satisfied that the person’s ordinary income is not more than $20.50 per fortnight.

For the purposes of this section, a person’s ordinary income does not include:

a payment:

that the person is entitled to under the law of a foreign country; and

that results in the person’s social security pension rate being reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the payment; or

a periodic compensation payment to which Part 3.14 applies.

For the purposes of this section, if a person is a member of a couple the amount of the person’s ordinary income is worked out by adding the couple’s ordinary incomes (on a fortnightly basis) and dividing by 2.