Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00916:reg:4:p22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00916
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 22/33)
Character Range: 60007–62904

provided false information; and
 (e) had the event happened on or before the day the bonus was paid, the bonus would not have been paid;
the amount of the bonus is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the person.
 3B.8.2 The other provisions of the Act under which debts arise do not apply in relation to an income support bonus.

PART 3C—COVID‑19 Supplement

       3C.1  Eligibility for COVID‑19 supplement

       3C.1.1  If a person:

           (a)  has attained the age of 16 years and is receiving, an education allowance under paragraph  3.3, 3.4, 3.5 or 3.6 of the Scheme, the fortnightly payment of education allowance is increased from 27 April 2020 by the amount of the COVID‑19 supplement; or

           (b) has not attained the age of 16 years but is receiving, an education allowance under paragraph  3.4, 3.5 or 3.6 of the Scheme, the fortnightly payment of education allowance is increased from 27 April 2020 by the amount of the COVID‑19 supplement.

       3C.2 COVID‑19 supplement payment period

       3C.2.1  This Part ceases to apply at the end of:

          (a) the initial period, unless paragraph (b) applies; or
          (b) the extension period.

       3C.3  Amount of COVID‑19 supplement

       3C.3.1  For the period beginning on 27 April 2020 and ending at the end of the initial period, the fortnightly amount of the COVID‑19 supplement is:
          (a) $550, unless paragraph (b) applies; or
          (b)  if the amount of the supplement is determined by a legislative instrument made
          under subsection 557(5) of the Social Security Act 1991—that amount.

       3C.3.2  For any extension period, the amount of the COVID‑19 supplement is to be worked out in accordance with a legislative instrument made under subsection 557(7) of the Social Security Act 1991.

       3C.4 Payment of the COVID‑19 supplement

             3C.4.1   If a person is eligible for the COVID‑19 supplement on a payday on or after 27 April 2020, the Commission must direct that the increased education allowance is payable to the person:

          (a)   on the first payday that the Commission considers to be the earliest payday on which it is reasonably practicable for the supplement to be paid and subsequently on each payday the person is eligible for the supplement; and

          (b) in such manner as the Commission considers appropriate.

       3C.4.2 Subject to paragraph 3C.4.3, payment of the COVID‑19 supplement for a person who is eligible for the supplement (eligible person) is to be made to the person to whom the education allowance for the eligible person under Part 3 is payable.

           Note:  The person receiving the COVID‑19 supplement for the eligible person could be the eligible person's parent, a person approved by the Commission or the eligible person.

       3C.4.3 If the education allowance is payable to an institution or to