Qualification for disability support pension—permanent blindness
95 Qualification for disability support pension—permanent blindness
A person is qualified for a disability support pension if:
the person is permanently blind; and
the person has turned 16; and
the person:
is an Australian resident at the time when the person first satisfies paragraph (a); or
has 10 years qualifying Australian residence; or
has a qualifying residence exemption for a disability support pension; or
is born outside Australia and, at the time when the person first satisfies paragraph (a), the person:
is not an Australian resident; and
is a dependent child of an Australian resident;
and the person becomes an Australian resident while a dependent child of an Australian resident; and
one of the following applies:
the person is an Australian resident;
the person is absent from Australia and the Secretary has made a determination in relation to the person under subsection 1218AAA(1);
the person is absent from Australia and all the circumstances described in paragraphs 1218AA(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) exist in relation to the person.
For Australian resident and qualifying Australian residence see section 7.
Person not qualified in certain circumstances
A person is not qualified for a disability support pension on the basis of blindness if the person brought about the blindness with a view to obtaining a disability support pension or with a view to obtaining an exemption, because of the person’s blindness, from:
the requirement to satisfy the activity test for the purposes of austudy payment; or
undertaking full‑time study (see section 541B); or
the requirement to satisfy the employment pathway plan requirements for the purposes of jobseeker payment or youth allowance.
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