Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:1061t
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1061T
Character Range: 1362314–1363225

1061T  Qualification for utilities allowance
 (1) A person is qualified for utilities allowance if the person:
 (a) either:
 (i) has reached pension age and is receiving an income support payment; or
 (ii) is receiving a disability support pension or a carer payment; and
 (c) either:
 (i) is in Australia; or
 (ii) is temporarily absent from Australia and has been so for a continuous period not exceeding 6 weeks.
 (2) Even though a person is qualified for utilities allowance, the allowance is not payable to the person:
 (a) if the person is receiving a social security payment for which a pension supplement amount is used to work out the rate of the payment, with a pension supplement amount that is more than the person's pension supplement basic amount; or
 (b) if the person is receiving energy supplement under Part 2.25B; or
 (c) if an election by the person under subsection 1061VA(1) is in force.