Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 316

  (1)   This section applies for the purposes of subsection   314(1).

Receipt of certain benefits

  (2)   This subsection applies to a person on a day if the person receives one of the following benefits in respect of that day:

  (a)   age pension;

  (b)   disability support pension;

  (c)   carer payment;

  (d)   parenting payment;

  (e)   youth allowance;

  (f)   austudy payment;

  (g)   jobseeker payment;

  (h)   special benefit;

  (i)   carer allowance;

  (j)   double orphan pension.

Note:   References to youth allowance and jobseeker payment include references to farm household allowance: see section   93 of the Farm Household Support Act 2014 .

Qualified for seniors health card

  (3)   This subsection applies to a person on a day if:

  (a)   the person makes a claim for a seniors health card under Division   1 of Part   3 of the Administration Act on or before that day; and

  (b)   the person does not withdraw that claim on or before that day; and

  (c)   the person is qualified for the card on that day.

Qualified for pensioner concession card

  (4)   This subsection applies to a person on a day if the person is qualified for a pensioner concession card on that day.