Social Security Act 1991

A person is qualified for a pensioner concession card for the period of 52 weeks starting on the day on which this section begins to apply to the person.

Subject to subsection (3), this section applies to a person if:

either:

the person has been receiving a youth allowance while the person was not undertaking full‑time study and was not a new apprentice; or

the person has been receiving a jobseeker payment; or

the person has been receiving parenting payment; and

because there is an increase in the person’s ordinary income from employment (and after any working credit balance of the person is reduced to nil), the youth allowance, jobseeker payment or parenting payment ceases to be payable to the person; and

at the time of the cessation the person:

was qualified for a pensioner concession card under subsection 1061ZA(2A), (2B) or (2D); or

was qualified for a pensioner concession card under subsection 1061ZA(1) because a pension PP (single) was payable to the person; and

at the time of the cessation the person had a partial capacity to work.

For undertaking full‑time study see section 541B.

For new apprentice see subsection 23(1).

For partial capacity to work see section 16B.

This section only applies to a person while the person is in Australia and is an Australian resident.

If the person is temporarily absent from Australia, the person continues to be qualified for a pensioner concession card for a maximum period of up to 6 weeks (see Division 4).

If, during the period of 52 weeks referred to in subsection (1), a person receives an instalment of:

a youth allowance while subsection 1061ZA(2A) applies to the person; or

a jobseeker payment while subsection 1061ZA(2B) applies to the person; or

a benefit PP (partnered) while subsection 1061ZA(2D) applies to the person; or

a social security pension;