Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:56h:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 56H (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 1034883–1037518

periodic compensation payments); and
 (b) an amount of service pension, income support supplement or veteran payment was paid to the person or to the person's partner that, because of the payment of arrears of periodic compensation, was more than the amount that should have been paid;
the day specified under paragraph (2)(b) may be earlier than the day on which the determination is made.

Duplicate payments of rent assistance
 (9) If:
 (a) a decision (the veterans' entitlements decision) was made that rent assistance (the veterans' entitlements rent assistance) was to be included when calculating a person's rate of service pension, income support supplement or veteran payment for each day in a period; and
 (b) the condition in subsection (10) is met for each day in that period (which is about rent assistance also being included in family tax benefit); and
 (c) because the inclusion of the veterans' entitlements rent assistance was contrary to Module C of the Rate Calculator, an adverse determination is made to reduce the rate of, or cancel, the person's service pension, income support supplement or veteran payment for each day in that period;
the day specified under paragraph (2)(b) must be the first day of that period and may be earlier than the day on which the determination is made.
 (10) The condition in this subsection is met for each day in a period if:
 (a) both of the following apply:
 (i) the person was a member of a couple (other than an illness separated couple or a respite care couple) on each day in the period;
 (ii) when the veterans' entitlements decision was made, a determination under the family assistance law was in force that included rent assistance when calculating the person's, or the person's partner's, Part A rate of family tax benefit for each day in that period; or
 (b) both of the following apply:
 (i) the person was not a member of a couple, or was a member of an illness separated couple, or a respite care couple, on each day in the period;
 (ii) when the veterans' entitlements decision was made, a determination under the family assistance law was in force that included rent assistance when calculating the person's Part A rate of family tax benefit for each day in that period; or
 (c) all of the following apply:
 (i) when the veterans' entitlements decision was made, no determination of a kind mentioned in subparagraph (a)(ii) or (b)(ii) (as the case requires) was in force;
 (ii) after the veterans' entitlements decision was made, such a determination was made;
 (iii) each day in the period either is, or comes after, the day on which the determination was made.