Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00406:clause:1_198ab
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00406
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 198AB
Character Range: 13023–14229

198AB  Effect of certain absences from Australia on carer payment

Continuation of carer payment

 (1) Subject to subsection (2), if:
 (a) a person is qualified for carer payment because he or she is personally providing constant care for a care receiver or care receivers; and
 (b) the care receiver or care receivers are temporarily absent from Australia for a period; and
 (c) the person accompanies the care receiver or care receivers during their absence;
then, for so much of the period as does not exceed 3 months, the person does not cease to be qualified for the carer payment merely because:
 (d) the person is not in Australia; or
 (e) constant care of the care receiver or care receivers is not provided in a private residence that is the home of the care receiver or care receivers.

Limit on subsection (1)

 (2) If, during a calendar year, the person has accompanied the care receiver or care receivers outside Australia on more than one occasion, the person ceases to be qualified for carer payment under subsection (1) in that calendar year after he or she has, during that calendar year, qualified for carer payment under that subsection for periods that together add up to 3 months.