Social Security Act 1991

A person is qualified for a one‑off energy assistance payment if:

a benefit mentioned in subsection (2) is payable to the person on 2 April 2019; and

that benefit is so payable because of a claim the person made on or before 2 April 2019; and

the person is residing in Australia on 2 April 2019.

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the benefits are the following:

age pension;

disability support pension;

wife pension;

carer payment;

widow B pension;

widow allowance;

parenting payment;

youth allowance;

AUSTUDY payment;

newstart allowance;

sickness allowance;

special benefit;

partner allowance;

double orphan pension;

farm household allowance under the Farm Household Support Act 2014.

A person may receive one payment only under this section, regardless of how many times the person qualifies under this section.

If a payment under Part IIIG of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act is paid to a person, no payment under this section can be paid to the person.