Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:1061r
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1061R
Character Range: 1349341–1351624

1061R  Telephone allowance not payable in some circumstances
  Even though a person is qualified for a telephone allowance, the allowance is not payable to the person if:
 (a) the person is receiving a social security payment for which a pension supplement amount is used to work out the rate of the payment, with a pension supplement amount that is more than the person's pension supplement basic amount; or
 (b) the following subparagraphs apply to the person:
 (i) the person is qualified for the telephone allowance because of the application of subsection 1061Q(3C), (3F) or (3G) to the person in relation to a social security payment the person has ceased to receive;
 (ii) immediately before the cessation of the payment, a pension supplement amount was used to work out the rate of the payment;
 (iii) that pension supplement amount was more than the person's pension supplement basic amount; or
 (c) an election by the person under subsection 1061VA(1) is in force; or
 (d) the person is receiving energy supplement under Part 2.25B of this Act or Part VIIAD of the Veterans' Entitlements Act; or
 (e) the person is receiving MRCA supplement under section 221 or 245 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act; or
 (f) the person is receiving veterans supplement under section 118B of the Veterans' Entitlements Act; or
 (g) both:
 (i) the person is a member of a couple (other than an illness separated, temporarily separated or respite care couple); and
 (ii) the person's partner is receiving veterans supplement under either subsection 118B(2) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act or a determination under subsection 5R(1) of that Act.
Note 1: For the purposes of subparagraph (b)(i), subsections 1061Q(3C) and (3G) have an extended application (see subsections 1061Q(3D), (3E) and (3H)).
Note 2: For member of a couple, illness separated couple, temporarily separated couple and respite care couple, see section 4.
Note 3: Subsection 118B(2) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act covers certain categories of World War I veterans.
Note 4: The relevant determination under subsection 5R(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act provides eligibility for veterans supplement to certain categories of World War I Australian mariners.

Division 2—Rate of telephone allowance