Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:118p:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 118P (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 1522883–1525475

after the commencement of this subsection the person ceases to be in receipt of any income support payment (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991); and
 (d) on the day before the cessation day the person was receiving an income support payment (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991) where energy supplement was used to work out the rate of that payment; and
 (e) the person is required to make a claim for a seniors health card in order for such a card to be granted to the person;
the person can become eligible for energy supplement under subsection (1) only if the person makes a claim for a seniors health card within the period of 6 weeks beginning on the cessation day.

Person holds a gold card
 (2) A person is eligible for energy supplement if:
 (a) the person is the holder of a gold card; and
 (b) the person has reached qualifying age; and
 (c) the person:
 (i) is in Australia; or
 (ii) is temporarily absent from Australia and has been so for a continuous period not exceeding 6 weeks; and
 (d) the person is not receiving any of the following:
 (i) a service pension;
 (ii) income support supplement;
 (iii) a social security pension or social security benefit;
 (iv) energy supplement under Part 2.25B of the Social Security Act.
 (3) In this section:
gold card means a card known as the Repatriation Health Card—For All Conditions, that evidences a person's eligibility, under this Act, the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006 or the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019, to be provided with treatment for all injuries or diseases.

Portability
 (4) If:
 (a) on 19 September 2016 energy supplement was payable to a person under section 118PA; and
 (b) either:
 (i) the person is absent from Australia on 19 September 2016 and has been so for a continuous period not exceeding 6 weeks; or
 (ii) the person leaves Australia on a day on or after 20 September 2016 and, on the day before so leaving, energy supplement was payable to the person under section 118PA; and
 (c) the person returns to Australia, where the period of that absence has exceeded 6 weeks but not exceeded 19 weeks; and
 (d) the person is the holder of a seniors health card on the day before the person returns to Australia;
then the person is taken to have been eligible for energy supplement under this section on each day that occurs in the period beginning on the day after the end of that 6‑week period of absence and ending at the end