Social Security Act 1991

If:

the rate of a person’s social security payment is increased under Part 3.7 (rent assistance) and/or one or more of the following Modules of the Rate Calculator:

the pension supplement Module (the PS Module) (if any);

the energy supplement Module (the ES Module);

the pharmaceutical allowance Module (the PA Module) (if any); and

that rate is to be reduced under:

the income test Module or the assets test Module of the Rate Calculator; or

section 1173 (compensation reductions);

For table item 4A, the amount will be nil if quarterly energy supplement is payable to the person (for example, see point 1064‑C2). See also subsection (2A).

Table item 5 will not apply if an election by the person under subsection 1061VA(1) is in force, as the rate would have already been reduced to nil.

For the purposes of subsection (1):

disregard table items 2, 3 and 5 if the person’s rate is increased under the PA Module (if any) of the Rate Calculator; and

disregard table item 6 if the person’s rate is increased under the PS Module (if any) of the Rate Calculator.

If:

quarterly energy supplement is payable to a person; and

if quarterly energy supplement were not payable to the person:

the rate (the main rate) of the person’s social security payment would be increased under the ES Module of the Rate Calculator; and

the main rate would be reduced as described in paragraph (1)(b); and

the social security payment:

is not a social security pension; or

is a disability support pension to which subsection 1066A(1) or 1066B(1) applies; or

if the person has not reached pension age—is a pension PP (single);

If:

the rate (the main rate) of a person’s social security payment is increased under the PS Module of the Rate Calculator; and

that rate is to be reduced as described in paragraph (1)(b); and

an election by the person under subsection 1061VA(1) is in force;

The reduction will be disregarded unless the person’s quarterly pension supplement is reduced to nil (see subsection 43(5A) of the Administration Act).

If:

quarterly energy supplement is payable to a person; and

if quarterly energy supplement were not payable to the person:

the rate (the main rate) of the person’s social security payment would be increased under the ES Module of the Rate Calculator; and

the main rate would be reduced as described in paragraph (1)(b);

The reduction may be disregarded unless the main rate would be reduced to nil (see subsection 43(5B) of the Administration Act).

The following table sets out details of the Modules relevant to subsection (1):