Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:822:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 822 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 1072546–1073617

If a person is qualified for payments under this Subdivision in relation to the partner's death, the rate at which special needs pension is payable to the person during the bereavement period is, unless the person has made an election under subsection (2), governed by section 825.
 (5) For the purposes of this section, a person is a long‑term social security recipient if:
 (a) the person is receiving a social security benefit; and
 (b) in respect of the previous 12 months, the person:
 (i) was receiving a social security pension; or
 (ii) was receiving a social security benefit; or
 (iia) was receiving a youth training allowance; or
 (iii) was receiving a service pension, income support supplement or a veteran payment.
 (6) A person is taken to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (5)(b) if:
 (a) the person was receiving one or a combination of the payments referred to in that paragraph for a continuous period of 12 months; or
 (b) the person was receiving one or a combination of the payments referred to in that paragraph for 46 weeks of the previous 52.