Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:1061zm:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1061ZM (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 1431192–1432987

the person:
 (a) is qualified for a health care card under section 1061ZMA until a particular day; and
 (b) has, immediately before the commencement or increase mentioned in subsection (1), been a qualified recipient because of receiving jobseeker payment or youth allowance, other than while undertaking full‑time study or being a new apprentice, for a continuous period of less than 52 weeks;
the person is taken, for the purpose of the reference in paragraph (1)(c) to a continuous period of 52 weeks, to be receiving the payment or allowance until the particular day.
 (2) If, during the period of 26 weeks referred to in subsection (1) (including that subsection as modified by subsection (1A)) or the period provided by subsection (1B), a person receives a payment of a social security pension or benefit specified in the definition of employment‑affected person in subsection (3) that relates to one or more days within that period, the person ceases to be qualified under this section for a health care card on the day on which the person receives the payment.
 (3) In this section:
employment‑affected person means:
 (a) a person who is receiving any of the following:
 (i) pension PP (single);
 (ii) jobseeker payment;
 (iv) special benefit; or
 (b) a person who is receiving a youth allowance but who:
 (i) is not undertaking full‑time study; and
 (ii) is not a new apprentice.
qualified recipient means:
 (a) a person who is receiving:
 (i) a social security pension, other than a pension under Part 2.16; or
 (ii) a social security benefit, other than a youth allowance or austudy payment; or
 (b) a person who is receiving a youth allowance but who:
 (i) is not undertaking full‑time study; and
 (ii) is not a new apprentice.
 (4) This section has effect subject to section 1061ZN.