Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:53a:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 53A (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 975546–977711

supplement ceased to be payable to the person.
 (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), a person's income reduced rate, in relation to a service pension or income support supplement, is the rate worked out in relation to that pension or supplement at step 6 of method statement 1 or step 6 of method statement 5, as the case may be, in Module A of the Rate Calculator.

Partners of certain former recipients with employment
 (5) If:
 (a) because of the occurrence of an event or change of circumstances, a person is:
 (i) eligible for fringe benefits under subsection (3) because the person's pension or supplement ceases to be payable to the person; or
 (ii) qualified for a pensioner concession card under section 1061ZCA of the Social Security Act because subsection (2) of that section applies to the person as a result of age pension ceasing to be payable to the person; or
 (iii) qualified for a pensioner concession card under section 1061ZD of the Social Security Act because subsection (2) of that section applies to the person as a result of the person ceasing to be qualified for disability support pension; or
 (iv) qualified for a pensioner concession card under section 1061ZD of the Social Security Act because subsection (3) of that section applies to the person as a result of disability support pension ceasing to be payable to the person; and
 (b) immediately before the event or change of circumstances, the person's partner was receiving service pension or income support supplement; and
 (c) the partner's pension or supplement ceases to be payable to the partner because the rate of the partner's pension or supplement is nil; and
 (d) the partner's cessation of payability occurs because of the occurrence of the same event or change of circumstances that resulted in the person's cessation of payability or qualification;
the partner remains eligible for fringe benefits for the period of 2 years beginning on the day the pension or supplement ceased to be payable to the partner.
 (6) To avoid doubt, subsection (5) applies to the partner even if the partner ceases to be a member of the couple after that event or change of circumstances.