Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:38:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 38 (pt 2/6)
Character Range: 464088–466653

the person is qualified for an age pension under the Social Security Act; or
 (f) is a person:
 (i) who is a member of a couple; and
 (ii) whose partner is a veteran who is registered as a member of the pension bonus scheme (see Part IIIAB); or
 (g) is a person in relation to whom the following apply:
 (i) subsection (1AA) applies to the person;
 (ii) the veteran is registered as a member of the pension bonus scheme (see Part IIIAB); or
 (h) is a person in relation to whom the following apply:
 (i) the person is an eligible person in relation to a veteran who has died (see subsection (1AB));
 (ii) the veteran, immediately before his or her death, was registered as a member of the pension bonus scheme (see Part IIIAB), was receiving an age service pension or an invalidity service pension, or would have been receiving such a pension if not for the operation of one or more disqualifying provisions;
 (iii) the person, immediately before the veteran's death, was registered as a member of the pension bonus scheme (see Part IIIAB) or of the corresponding scheme under Part 2.2A of the Social Security Act or was receiving a partner service pension or a social security pension; or
 (i) is a person in relation to whom the following apply:
 (i) the person is an eligible person in relation to a veteran who has died (see subsection (1AB));
 (ii) the person had, before the veteran's death, made a claim for a partner service pension which had not been determined at the date of the death;
 (iii) the veteran was, immediately before his or her death, registered as a member of the pension bonus scheme (see Part IIIAB).
 (1AA) This subsection applies to a person if:
 (a) the person is the non‑illness separated spouse of a veteran; or
 (b) the following apply:
 (i) a relationship between the person and a veteran (whether of the same sex or a different sex) is registered under a law of a State or Territory prescribed for the purposes of section 2E of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as a kind of relationship prescribed for the purposes of that section;
 (ii) the person and the veteran have separated and the person is living separately and apart from the veteran on a permanent basis;
 (iii) the separation has not resulted in a determination under subsection 5R(5); or
 (c) the following apply:
 (i) the person and a veteran were, in the Commission's opinion (formed as mentioned in section 11A), in a de facto relationship;
 (ii) the person and the veteran have separated and the person is living separately and apart from the veteran on a permanent