Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00005:clause:3_1061sa:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00005
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 1061SA (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 15175–20408

1061SA  Increased rate of telephone allowance

 (1) The rate of telephone allowance for a person to whom section 1061SB (increased rate for home Internet) applies is worked out using the following table:

Increased rate of telephone allowance
Column 1                               Column 2                                                                                                                                                                                               Column 3
Item                                   Person's situation                                                                                                                                                                                     Rate per year
1.                                     Not member of a couple                                                                                                                                                                                 $132.00
2.                                     Partnered (partner getting neither social security pension nor social security benefit), partner not a holder of a seniors health card and person getting pension or benefit before 12 March 1992      $95.80
3.                                     Partnered (partner getting neither social security pension nor social security benefit), partner not a holder of a seniors health card and person not getting pension or benefit before 12 March 1992  $66.00
4.                                     Either:                                                                                                                                                                                                $132.00
                                       (a) partnered (partner getting pension or benefit); or
                                       (b) partnered and partner is a holder of a seniors health card;
                                       and partner not getting telephone allowance
5.                                     Either:                                                                                                                                                                                                $66.00
                                       (a) partnered (partner getting pension or benefit); or
                                       (b) partnered and partner is a holder of a seniors health card;
                                       and partner getting telephone allowance at the increased rate
6.                                     Member of an illness separated, temporarily separated or respite care couple                                                                                                                           $132.00
7.                                     Partnered (partner not getting telephone allowance under the VEA or MRCA)                                                                                                                              $132.00
8.                                     Partnered (partner getting telephone allowance under the VEA or MRCA at the increased rate)                                                                                                            $66.00
9.                                     Partnered (partner in gaol)                                                                                                                                                                            $132.00
10.                                    Either:                                                                                                                                                                                                $88.00
                                       (a) partnered (partner getting pension or benefit); or
                                       (b) partnered and partner is a holder of a seniors health card;
                                       and partner getting telephone allowance at the standard rate
11.                                    Partnered (partner getting telephone allowance under the VEA or MRCA at the standard rate)                                                                                                             $88.00

Note: The amounts in column 3 (except the item 2 amount) are indexed or adjusted annually in line with CPI increases (see sections 1191 to 1194).

 (2) Item 7 does not apply to a person if any other item applies to the person.

 (3) If item 8 or 11 applies to a person, neither item 2 nor 3 applies to the person.

 (4) Item 2 does not apply to a person if the rate of telephone allowance that would be payable to the person if item 2 applied is less than the rate that would otherwise be payable.

Note: Because the item 2 rate is not indexed, it may eventually become a lower rate than other rates in the table.

 (5) For the purposes of working out a person's rate of telephone allowance under subsection (1), the person's partner is taken to be the holder of a seniors health card if the partner:
 (a) is temporarily absent from Australia for a continuous period not exceeding 13 weeks; and
 (b) was the holder