Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00574:clause:2_27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00574
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 27
Character Range: 42450–44918

27  After point SCH6‑C14 of Schedule 6
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Application
 SCH6‑C14A Points SCH6‑C14B and SCH6‑C14C apply only to a person who is in receipt of an income support supplement. If such a person, or the partner of such a person, receives adjusted disability pension, the amount of rent assistance worked out under Table C‑2 may be reduced under point SCH6‑C14B.
Note: For adjusted disability pension see point SCH6‑C16.

Effect of adjusted disability pension on rate of rent assistance
 SCH6‑C14B This is how to work out the effect of a person's adjusted disability pension on the person's rate of rent assistance:

      Method statement
           Step 1. Work out the annual rate of the person's adjusted disability pension: the result is the person's disability income.
                  Note 1: For adjusted disability pension see point SCH6‑C16.
                  Note 2: For the treatment of the amount of adjusted disability pension of members of a couple see point SCH6‑C14C.
           Step 2. Work out the person's rent assistance free area (see point SCH6‑C15 below).
           Step 3. Work out whether the person's disability income exceeds the person's rent assistance free area.
           Step 4. If the person's disability income does not exceed the person's rent assistance free area, the person's rate of rent assistance worked out under Table C‑2 is not affected.
           Step 5. If the person's disability income exceeds the person's rent assistance free area, take the person's rent assistance free area away from the person's disability income: the result is the person's disability income excess.
           Step 6. Multiply the person's disability income excess by 0.4: the result is the rent assistance reduction amount.
           Step 7. Take the person's rent assistance reduction amount away from the rate of rent assistance worked out under Table C‑2: the result is the person's rate of rent assistance.

Disability income
 SCH6‑C14C If a person is a member of a couple, the person's disability income for the purposes of SCH6‑C14B is worked out as follows:
 (a) if each member of the couple receives adjusted disability pension—by adding the couple's annual rates of adjusted disability pension and dividing the result by 2;
 (b) if only one member of the couple receives adjusted disability pension—by dividing the member's annual rate of adjusted disability pension by 2.
Note: For adjusted disability pension see point SCH6‑C16.