Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00081:clause:4_9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00081
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 9
Character Range: 40899–42109

9  Part 2 of Schedule 6 (Module BA)
Repeal the Module, substitute:

Module BA—Pension supplement

Pension supplement
 SCH6‑BA1 A pension supplement amount is to be added to the person's maximum basic rate.

Residents in Australia etc.
 SCH6‑BA2 If the person is residing in Australia and:
 (a) is in Australia; or
 (b) is temporarily absent from Australia and has been so for a continuous period not exceeding 13 weeks;
the person's pension supplement amount is:
 (c) if an election by the person under subsection 60A(1) is in force—the amount worked out under point SCH6‑BA4; and
 (d) otherwise—the amount worked out under point SCH6‑BA3.

Residents in Australia etc.—no election in force
 SCH6‑BA3 The person's pension supplement amount is the amount worked out by:
 (a) applying the applicable percentage in the following table to the combined couple rate of pension supplement; and
 (b) if:
 (i) the person is not partnered; and
 (ii) the amount resulting from paragraph (a) is not a multiple of $2.60;
  rounding the amount up or down to the nearest multiple of $2.60 (rounding up if the amount is not a multiple of $2.60 but is a multiple of $1.30).

Item  Person's family situation           Use this %