Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:198:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 198 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 545761–548428

198  Qualification—disabled adult or disabled adult and dependent child
 (1) A person is qualified for a carer payment if the requirements of this section are met.
Note: Sections 198AA, 198AB and 198AC allow the person to qualify in certain short‑term circumstances where the requirements would not be met.

Constant care for disabled adult or disabled adult and a dependent child
 (2) The person must personally provide constant care for:
 (a) either:
 (i) if the person is the only person providing the constant care—a disabled adult (the care receiver) who has been assessed and rated under the Adult Disability Assessment Tool and given a score under that assessment tool of at least 25, being a score calculated on the basis of a total professional questionnaire score of at least 10; or
 (ii) if not—a disabled adult (the care receiver) who has been assessed and rated under the Adult Disability Assessment Tool and given a score under that assessment tool of at least 80, being a score calculated on the basis of a total professional questionnaire score of at least 32; or
 (d) a disabled adult and a dependent child of the adult (the care receivers), where:
 (i) the disabled adult has been assessed and rated under the Adult Disability Assessment Tool and given a score under that assessment tool of at least 20, being a score calculated on the basis of a total professional questionnaire score of at least 8; and
 (ii) the child is aged under 16; and
 (iii) if the child is aged 6 or more—carer allowance is payable for the child; and
 (iv) section 197D does not apply in respect of the care receivers.
Note: In a paragraph (d) case, subsection (9) deems certain supervision to constitute care.

Care in home
 (3) The care must be provided in a private residence that is the home of the care receiver or care receivers.

Carer in Australia
 (4) The person must be an Australian resident, unless:
 (a) the person is in a country in which carer payment may be granted to the person under a scheduled international social security agreement; and
 (b) the scheduled international social security agreement entered into force on or before 24 December 1992.

Income and assets tests etc.
 (5) The care receiver or care receivers must:
 (b) subject to subsection (6), be Australian residents; and
Note: For Australian resident see section 7.
 (c) subject to subsection (7), pass the income test under section 198A; and
 (d) subject to subsection (7), either:
 (i) pass the assets test under section 198D; or
 (ii) be the subject of a decision in force under subsection 198N(2), (3) or (4) that subparagraph (i) does not disqualify the person providing the constant