Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:773
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 773
Character Range: 1058918–1059674

773  Qualification for special needs disability support pension
  A person is qualified for a special needs disability support pension if:
 (a) the person has not resided in Australia at any time after 7 May 1973; and
 (b) the person is severely disabled; and
 (c) the person has turned 16; and
 (d) at the time when the person first satisfied paragraph (b), the person was in Australia or temporarily absent from Australia; and
 (e) the person is, in the opinion of the Secretary, in special need of financial assistance.
Note: A person who is receiving a special needs disability support pension may be automatically transferred to the special needs age pension if the person becomes qualified for the special needs age pension (see subsection 789(3)).