Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 2/13)
Character Range: 1917706–1920593

supplement under section 300 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act; or
 (c) pharmaceutical supplement under Part 3A of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006; or
 (d) pharmaceutical supplement under Part 4 of the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019.

No pharmaceutical allowance if partner receiving certain supplements under other Acts
 1068‑D5 Pharmaceutical allowance is not to be added to a person's maximum basic rate if:
 (a) the person is a member of a couple; and
 (b) the person's partner is receiving:
 (i) veterans supplement under section 118A of the Veterans' Entitlements Act; or
 (ii) MRCA supplement under section 300 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act; or
 (iii) pharmaceutical supplement under Part 3A of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006; or
 (iv) pharmaceutical supplement under Part 4 of the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019; and
 (c) the person's partner is not receiving a service pension or a veteran payment.

No pharmaceutical allowance before advance payment period ends
 1068‑D6 Pharmaceutical allowance is not to be added to a person's maximum basic rate if:
 (a) the person has received an advance pharmaceutical allowance under Part 2.23 of this Act; and
 (b) the person's advance payment period has not ended.
Note: For advance payment period see point 1068‑D7.

Advance payment period
 1068‑D7 A person's advance payment period:
 (a) starts on the day on which the advance pharmaceutical allowance is paid to the person; and
 (b) ends after the number of paydays worked out using the following formula have passed:
where:
amount of advance is the amount of the advance paid to the person;
pharmaceutical allowance rate is the fortnightly amount of pharmaceutical allowance which would be added to the person's maximum basic rate in working out the social security benefit instalment for the day on which the advance is paid if a social security benefit were payable to the person and pharmaceutical allowance were to be added to the person's maximum basic rate on that day.
Note: The person may have come on social security benefit after having been a pension recipient and have received an advance while a pension recipient.

No pharmaceutical allowance if annual limit reached
 1068‑D8 Pharmaceutical allowance is not to be added to a person's maximum basic rate if:
 (a) the person has received an advance pharmaceutical allowance during the current calendar year; and
 (b) the total amount paid to the person for that year by way of:
 (i) pharmaceutical allowance; and
 (ii) advance pharmaceutical allowance;
equals the total amount of pharmaceutical allowance that would have been paid to the person during that year if the person had not