Remote Area Allowance under the Social Security Act
118NE Remote Area Allowance under the Social Security Act
If, on a day that is on or after 20 September 2004:
adjusted disability pension is payable to a person or a person’s partner; and
a social security pension or social security benefit is payable to the person; and
the rate of the social security pension or social security benefit is nil; and
the rate of the social security pension or social security benefit would not be nil if the 2 assumptions (that relate to the adjusted disability pension) referred to in step 2 of method statement 1 in subsection 118NC(1) were made;
then, for the purposes of the remote area allowance provisions of the Social Security Act, the rate of the social security pension or social security benefit on that day is taken to be greater than nil.
Definitions
In this section:
remote area allowance provisions of the Social Security Act means the following provisions of that Act:
point 1064‑H1;
point 1065‑E1;
point 1066‑H1;
point 1066A‑I1;
point 1066B‑F1;
point 1067G‑K1;
point 1067L‑F1;
point 1068‑J1;
point 1068A‑F1;
point 1068B‑G1.
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