Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:92c
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 92C
Character Range: 432344–433946

92C  Qualification for pension bonus
  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.

Division 3—Registration as a member of the pension bonus scheme

Subdivision A—Membership of the pension bonus scheme