Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00081:clause:9_30:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00081
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 9 cl 30 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 165652–168310

30  Transitional rates of service pension and income support supplement on and after 20 September 2009

Application
 (1) This clause applies if:
 (a) on 19 September 2009 a person was receiving one of the following payments:
 (i) service pension or income support supplement;
 (ii) age pension, disability support pension, wife pension, carer payment, bereavement allowance, widow B pension or special needs pension under the Social Security Act; and
 (b) the person continues (without a break) to receive one of those payments (whether or not of the same sort as the one the person received on that day).

Purpose
 (2) This clause has effect for the purposes of working out the rate of service pension or income support supplement under this Act for the person for a day (the relevant day) after 19 September 2009 under subpoint SCH6‑A1(2), (3), (4) or (6).
Note: This clause does not make a person entitled to receive service pension or income support supplement if the person is not otherwise entitled to receive it.

Provisional payment rate for service pension
 (3) For working out the person's rate of service pension, the person's provisional payment rate is taken to be the amount worked out under subclause (4) if that amount is greater than the person's provisional payment rate (for that purpose) apart from this clause.
Note: The provisional payment rate is an amount worked out under the method statement in subpoint SCH6‑A1(2). That subpoint may be relevant of its own force or because of subpoint SCH6‑A1(3) or (4).
 (4) The amount is the one that would be the provisional payment rate under subpoint SCH6‑A1(2) if:
 (a) the maximum payment rate under that subpoint for the person were the total of:
 (i) the amount worked out under whichever of subclauses 31(1), (2), (3) and (4) is relevant to the person; and
 (ii) the amount (if any) per year calculated for the person under Module C of the Rate Calculator (for rent assistance);
  reduced, if subclause 31(1) or (2) is relevant to the person and an election by the person under subsection 60A(1) (about quarterly pension supplement) is in force, by the person's minimum pension supplement amount; and
 (b) the amendments made by Schedules 6 and 7 to the Veterans' Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform) Act 2009 had not been made.
Note 1: The maximum payment rate is an amount used in subpoint SCH6‑A1(2).
Note 2: Subclause 31(1) deals with a person in Australia who is not a member of a couple or is a member of an illness separated couple or respite care couple.
Note 3: Subclause 31(2) deals with a person in Australia who is a member of a couple (but not a member of