Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 92C

    A person is qualified for a pension bonus if:

  (a)   both:

  (i)   the person starts to receive an age pension at or after the time when the person makes a claim for the pension bonus; and

  (ii)   that age pension is received otherwise than because of a scheduled international social security agreement (see section   5 of the Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999 ); and

  (b)   the person has not received an age pension at any time before making a claim for the pension bonus; and

  (c)   the person is registered as a member of the pension bonus scheme; and

  (d)   the person has accrued at least one full - year bonus period while registered as a member of the pension bonus scheme; and

  (e)   the person has not received:

  (i)   a social security pension (other than an age pension or a carer payment); or

  (ii)   a social security benefit; or

  (iii)   a service pension (other than a carer service pension); or

  (iv)   an income support supplement (other than an income support supplement that is payable as a result of the operation of subclause   8(3) of Schedule   5 to the Veterans' Entitlements Act); or

  (v)   a veteran payment;

    at any time after the person qualified for an age pension; and

  (f)   the person has not already received:

  (i)   another pension bonus; or

  (ii)   a bonus under Part   IIIAB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act.

Note:   Subclause   8(3) of Schedule   5 to the Veterans' Entitlements Act deals with income support supplement for carers.