Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04771:front:0:p57
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04771
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 148056–150845

any part of the excess that is not a multiple of $250.

"Subdivision C—Income Support Supplement Rate Calculator Where There Are Dependent Children

Rate of income support supplement (dependent child or children)

"45Y.(1) If a person entitled to income support supplement has a dependent child or dependent children, the rate of the person's income support supplement is, subject to subsection (2), to be calculated in accordance with the Rate Calculator at the end of this section.

    Note 1: Module A of the Rate Calculator establishes the overall rate calculation process and the remaining Modules provide for the calculation of the component amounts used in the overall rate calculation.
    Note 2: The rate obtained by applying the Rate Calculator may be reduced because of the receipt of payments under the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (see Division 9).

  "(2) If:

  (a) the person is a member of a couple; and

     (b) the person's partner is not receiving a service pension, income support supplement or a social security pension or benefit;

the rate of the person's income support supplement is not to exceed twice the rate at which income support supplement would be payable to the person if the person's partner were receiving a service pension, income support supplement or a social security pension or benefit.

Reduced rate if social security pension was payable to person in the previous week

  "(3) If:

     (a) income support supplement is payable to a person with a dependent child or dependent children on a pension payday ('income support supplement payday'); and

     (b) a social security pension was payable to the person on the pension payday (within the meaning of the Social Security Act) immediately before the income support supplement payday;

the rate at which income support supplement is payable to the person on the income support supplement payday is to be worked out by using the Rate Calculator at the end of this section modified by omitting Step 17 and substituting the following Step:

       'Step 17. Divide the person's provisional rate (see Step 10 or 11) by 2 and add to the result the amount obtained in Step 16: the result is the rate of income support supplement.'.

"INCOME SUPPORT SUPPLEMENT RATE CALCULATOR
WHERE THERE ARE DEPENDENT CHILDREN

"MODULE A—OVERALL RATE CALCULATION PROCESS

Method of calculating rate

"45Y-A1. The rate of income support supplement is an annual rate (fortnightly amounts are provided for information only):

          Method statement
Step 1.   Work out the person's maximum basic rate using MODULE B below.
Step 2.   Work out the amount per year (if any) payable by way of remote area allowance using MODULE C below.
Step 3.   Add up the amounts obtained in Steps 1 and 2.
Step 4.   Apply the