Social Security Act 1991

If the rate of the person’s social security payment is to be calculated in accordance with Pension Rate Calculator A and subsection (2) applies, the specific requirement applicable to the person’s social security payment is that set out in subsection (3).

This subsection applies if:

the following conditions are satisfied:

the person is not a member of a couple, or is a member of an illness separated couple, a respite care couple or a temporarily separated couple;

the person is entitled to be paid family tax benefit; or

the following conditions are satisfied:

the person is a member of a couple, other than an illness separated couple, a respite care couple or a temporarily separated couple;

the person, or the person’s partner, is entitled to be paid family tax benefit.

The specific requirement is that:

in a paragraph (2)(a) case, either of the following is satisfied:

the person’s maximum Part A rate of family tax benefit does not include rent assistance;

the person’s maximum Part A rate of family tax benefit includes rent assistance and clause 38J of Schedule 1 to the Family Assistance Act applies to reduce the person’s Part A rate of family tax benefit; and

in a paragraph (2)(b) case, either of the following is satisfied:

the person’s, or the person’s partner’s, maximum Part A rate of family tax benefit does not include rent assistance;

the person’s, or the person’s partner’s, maximum Part A rate of family tax benefit includes rent assistance and clause 38J or 38K of Schedule 1 to the Family Assistance Act applies to reduce the person’s, or the person’s partner’s, Part A rate of family tax benefit.

Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply if:

the person’s social security payment is disability support pension; and

the person has not turned 21.

The specific requirement for a person who is receiving disability support pension and has not turned 21 is in section 1070F.