Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04837:section:530:p27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04837
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 530 (pt 27/35)
Character Range: 105287–108106

amended:

    (a) by inserting after paragraph (1)(b) the following word and paragraph:

"and (c) partner service pension payable to a person who is permanently blind;";

    (b) by omitting from subsection (3) "veteran" and "veteran's" (wherever occurring) and substituting "person" and "person's" respectively;

    (c) by omitting from the heading to the Rate Calculator at the end of this section "BLINDED VETERANS" and substituting "BLIND PERSONS";

    (d) by omitting from Step 1 of the Method statement in point 43-A1 of the Rate Calculator at the end of the section "veteran's" and substituting "person's";

    (e) by omitting from point 43-B1 of the Rate Calculator at the end of the section "veteran's" (wherever occurring) and substituting "person's";

    (f) by omitting from column 2 of Table C-2 in point 43-C3 of the Rate Calculator at the end of the section "veteran" (wherever occurring) and substituting "person";

    (g) by omitting from column 2 of Table E in point 43-E2 of the Rate Calculator at the end of the section "veteran's" and substituting "person's".

Division 8—Education entry payment

Insertion of Part

39. After Part VII of the Principal Act the following Part is inserted:

"PART VIIAA—EDUCATION ENTRY PAYMENT

Eligibility

"118AA. A person is eligible for an education entry payment under this section if:

    (a) the person is receiving:

        (i) a partner service pension; or

        (ii) a carer service pension; and

    (b) the person has not reached pension age; and

    (c) the person is qualified, or if he or she were not in receipt of financial supplement under the Student Financial Supplement Scheme would be qualified, to receive pensioner education supplement under the AUSTUDY scheme; and

    (d) either:

        (i) the Commission is satisfied that the person intends to enrol in a full-time or part-time course of education that is an approved course under the AUSTUDY scheme; or

        (ii) the person is enrolled in such a course; and

    (e) the person has not received a payment under this Part for which he or she made a claim in the current calendar year.

Need for a claim

"118AAB.(1) A person who wants to be granted an education entry payment must make a claim for the payment:

    (a) in writing; and

    (b) in a form approved by the Commission.

"(2) A claim may be withdrawn (either orally or in writing) at any time before it is determined.

"(3) A claim that is withdrawn is taken not to have been made.

Entitlement to and amount of payment

"118AAC.(1) An education entry payment is payable to the person if, after considering the claim, the Commission determines that the claim is to be granted.

"(2) The amount of an education entry payment is $200.

Payment to be refunded

"118AAD. If:

    (a) the Commission determined