Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:1070l
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1070L
Character Range: 2017493–2018599

1070L  Rate for carer payments and certain age and disability support pensions
 (1) The person's rate of rent assistance is worked out under this section if the rate of the person's social security payment is to be calculated in accordance with Pension Rate Calculator A.
 (2) Using the following table, work out which family situation applies to the person and calculate rate A for the person using the formula in column 3. This is the person's rate of rent assistance per fortnight but only up to the person's maximum rent assistance rate. If the person is not a single person sharing accommodation, the person's maximum rent assistance rate is rate B worked out using column 4 of the table. If the person is a single person sharing accommodation, the person's maximum rent assistance rate is two‑thirds of rate B.

Rate of rent assistance
Column 1                 Column 2                                                                                 Column 3  Column 4
Item                     Person's family situation                                                                Rate A    Rate B