Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:772
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 772
Character Range: 1057834–1058918

772  Qualification for special needs age pension
  A person is qualified for a special needs age pension if:
 (a) the person has not resided in Australia at any time after 7 May 1973; and
 (b) the person has turned:
 (i) if the person is a woman—60; or
 (ii) if the person is a man—65; and
 (c) the person ceased to reside in Australia after the person had turned:
 (i) if the person is a woman—55; or
 (ii) if the person is a man—60; and
 (d) the person had resided in Australia for a period that was, or for periods that in the aggregate were, not less than 30 years; and
 (e) the person would:
 (i) if the person had lodged a claim immediately before the person ceased to reside in Australia—have been qualified under section 25 of the 1947 Act to receive an age pension; or
 (ii) if the person had not ceased to reside in Australia, were physically present in Australia and lodged a claim for an age pension—be qualified under section 25 of the 1947 Act to receive an age pension; and
 (f) the person is, in the opinion of the Secretary, in special need of financial assistance.