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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1061F

Qualification for advance pharmaceutical allowance

  (1)   A person is qualified for an advance pharmaceutical allowance if:

  (a)   the person is receiving a social security pension; and

  (b)   the Secretary is satisfied that the person's ordinary income is not more than $20.50 per fortnight.

  (2)   For the purposes of this section, a person's ordinary income does not include:

  (a)   a payment:

  (i)   that the person is entitled to under the law of a foreign country; and

  (ii)   that results in the person's social security pension rate being reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the payment; or

  (b)   a periodic compensation payment to which Part   3.14 applies.

  (3)   For the purposes of this section, if a person is a member of a couple the amount of the person's ordinary income is worked out by adding the couple's ordinary incomes (on a fortnightly basis) and dividing by 2.


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