Evidence of eligibility, production of relevant card or authorisation
26 Evidence of eligibility, production of relevant card or authorisation
For the purposes of determining whether or not a person may be eligible, within the meaning of this Act, an administrative authority may accept —
production of a pensioner concession card issued to that person as the holder, as sufficient evidence that the person receives a pension of the type indicated on that card; or
production, if appropriate and required, of relevant evidence that the person has satisfied the fringe benefits ordinary income test and the fringe benefits assets test under Chapter 3 of the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth; or
production of a State concession card, issued to that person as the holder, as sufficient evidence that —
under section 6 the eligibility of the person has been confirmed; or
the person is a person to whom section 23(2), 23(3), 23(4A) or 24, as the card may indicate, applies; and
if the card is valid for one year only, the person does not possess income or assets of a value in excess of that permitted by the means test applying for that year;
or
production of a seniors’ card, issued to that person as the holder, as sufficient evidence that the conditions referred to in section 5 have been satisfied; or
production of both a seniors’ card and a Commonwealth seniors health card, issued to that person as the holder, as sufficient evidence that the person is a person to whom section 23(4) applies; or
evidence of eligibility in a form specified in the procedural manual, as sufficient evidence of the eligibility of a person.
Where an applicant does not otherwise satisfy the administrative authority as to the eligibility of any person under this Act, the administrative authority may require the applicant to furnish a request and authority, in writing and signed by that person, addressed to the Secretary to the Department of the Commonwealth or other relevant person concerned, to furnish information relevant to the determination of the question of the eligibility of that person, and in default may decline to accept that person as being eligible.
[Section 26 amended: No. 25 of 1993 s. 20; No. 3 of 2001 s. 7; No. 9 of 2005 s. 9; No. 29 of 2012 s. 36.]
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