Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00035:clause:1_992x
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00035
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 992X
Character Range: 2788–4059

992X  Carer supplement for 2009 and later years

Qualifying for carer supplement
 (1) A person (the qualified person) is qualified for carer supplement for a year if the person was or is paid an instalment (the qualifying instalment) of carer allowance, carer payment or carer service pension in respect of a period that includes:
 (a) 12 May in the year if the year is 2009; or
 (b) 1 July in the year if the year is a later year.
Note: There may be more than one qualifying instalment for carer supplement for a year. For example, if a person is paid both an instalment of carer allowance and an instalment of carer payment in respect of a period including 1 July 2010, both instalments are qualifying instalments for carer supplement for 2010 for the person.

Amount of carer supplement
 (2) The amount of carer supplement for the qualified person for the year is the total worked out in accordance with the table (taking account of every relevant item of the table):

Amount of carer supplement
Item                        If:                                                                                                                                                                                                               Include this amount in the total: