Social Security Act 1991

The amount of a crisis payment payable to a person is half the fortnightly amount at the maximum basic rate of the social security pension or social security benefit that is payable to the person.

In this section:

for the following pensions if the recipient is not blind:

age pension;

disability support pension (recipient has turned 21, or is under 21 and has one or more dependent children);

carer pension;

for age pension and disability support pension (recipient has turned 21, or is under 21 and has one or more dependent children) if the recipient is blind—the Rate Calculator at the end of section 1065; or

for disability support pension if the recipient is under 21, is not blind and does not have any dependent children—the Rate Calculator at the end of section 1066A; or

for disability support pension if the recipient is under 21, is blind and does not have any dependent children—the Rate Calculator at the end of section 1066B; or

for jobseeker payment—the Rate Calculator at the end of section 1068; or

for a pension PP (single)—the Rate Calculator at the end of section 1068A; or

for benefit PP (partnered)—Module C of the Rate Calculator at the end of section 1068B; or

for special benefit—section 746; or

for youth allowance—the Rate Calculator at the end of section 1067G; or

for austudy payment—Step 3 of the Method statement in Module A of the Rate Calculator at the end of section 1067L.

For dependent child see section 5.