Method statement

Step 1.   Work out the daily provisional payment rate of ABSTUDY Living Allowance that:

               (a)     is payable to the person on the day; or

              (b)     would, apart from the other steps in this method statement, be payable to the person on the day.

Step 2.   Work out what would have been the daily provisional payment rate of ABSTUDY Living Allowance applying to the person on that day if both of the following assumptions were made:

               (a)     the adjusted disability pension payable to the eligible person, or to the person's partner, is an excluded amount;

                   Note:                 This means that, in calculating this notional rate, the adjusted disability pension will not be treated as income.

              (b)     if an amount of Rent Assistance was included in the calculation of the daily provisional payment rate--that amount is reduced (but not to less than nil) by the rent reduction amount.

Step 3.   Subtract the rate in step 1 from the rate in step 2. The result is the rate of DFISA-like payment payable to the person on the day.