Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2006C00614:clause:1_118oa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2006C00614
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 118OA
Character Range: 13593–14302

118OA  Eligibility for utilities allowance

 (1) A person is eligible for utilities allowance if:
 (a) the person has reached qualifying age (see subsection (2); and
 (b) a service pension or an income support supplement is payable to the person; and
 (c) the person:
 (i) is in Australia; or
 (ii) is temporarily absent from Australia and has been so for a continuous period not exceeding 13 weeks.

 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the qualifying age for a person is:
 (a) if the person is a veteran—the pension age for that person; or
 (b) if the person is not a veteran—the age that would be the pension age for that person if he or she were a veteran.

Note: For pension age see section 5QA.