Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00587:section:209a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00587
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 209A
Character Range: 308866–309554

209A  Energy supplement for Special Rate Disability Pension
 (1) The Commonwealth is liable to pay an energy supplement to a person for a day if:
 (a) Special Rate Disability Pension:
 (i) is payable to the person for the day; or
 (ii) would be payable to the person for the day apart from section 204 and paragraph 398(3)(b); and
 (b) the person resides in Australia on the day; and
 (c) on the day the person either:
 (i) is in Australia; or
 (ii) is temporarily absent from Australia and has been so for a continuous period not exceeding 6 weeks.
Note: Section 424L may affect the person's entitlement to the energy supplement.
 (2) The daily rate of the supplement is 1/7 of $10.75.