Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2013C00026:clause:3_62e
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2013C00026
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 62E
Character Range: 158984–160733

62E  Quarterly clean energy supplement for service pension

 (1) Quarterly clean energy supplement for service pension that a person is receiving is payable, as a separate payment, to the person for each day for which an election by the person is in force under subsection 60A(1).

Note 1: There is no provision for quarterly clear energy supplement for seniors supplement, because seniors supplement is always paid quarterly (see section 118PC).

Note 2: Section 65A may affect the person's entitlement to quarterly clean energy supplement.

 (2) If the election is in force on a day in the 3 months starting on 20 March, 20 June, 20 September or 20 December, an instalment of quarterly clean energy supplement is to be paid to the person on, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, the day after the end of that period.

 (3) The amount of the instalment is the total amount of the quarterly clean energy supplement payable to the person for the days in that period on which the election was in force.

 (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the rate of quarterly clean energy supplement payable for a day is 1/364 of what would be the person's clean energy supplement under the Rate Calculator for the day apart from this section.

Reductions

 (5) This section is subject to subclause 4(5) of Schedule 6.

 (6) If:
 (a) an election by the person under subsection 60A(1) is in force on a particular day; and
 (b) apart from this subsection, the portion of the instalment of the person's quarterly clean energy supplement that corresponds to that day would be reduced under subclause 4(5) of Schedule 6, but not reduced to a nil amount;
the amount of that portion of the instalment is not to be reduced under subclause 4(5) of Schedule 6.