Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:1068a:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1068A (pt 2/8)
Character Range: 1949926–1952670

amount remaining, subtracting from that amount any advance payment deduction (see Part 3.16A); and
                (c) adding any amount payable by way of remote area allowance (see Module F).
Note 1: If a person's rate is reduced under Step 6, the order in which the reduction is to be made against the components of the maximum payment rate is laid down by section 1210.
Note 2: In some circumstances a person may also be qualified for a pharmaceutical allowance under Part 2.22.
Note 3: An amount of remote area allowance is to be added under Step 7 only if the person's provisional payment rate under Step 6 is greater than nil.

Module B—Maximum basic rate

Maximum basic rate
 1068A‑B1 A person's maximum basic rate is $21,470.80 per year ($825.80 per fortnight).
Note: The maximum basic rate is indexed 6 monthly in line with CPI increases (see sections 1191 to 1194).

Module BA—Pension supplement

Pension supplement
 1068A‑BA1 A pension supplement amount is to be added to the person's maximum basic rate.

Residents of pension age who are in Australia etc.
 1068A‑BA2 If the person is residing in Australia, has reached pension age and:
 (a) is in Australia; or
 (b) is temporarily absent from Australia and has been so for a continuous period not exceeding 6 weeks;
the person's pension supplement amount is:
 (c) if an election by the person under subsection 1061VA(1) is in force—the amount worked out under point 1068A‑BA4; and
 (d) otherwise—the amount worked out under point 1068A‑BA3.

Residents of pension age in Australia etc.—no election in force
 1068A‑BA3 The person's pension supplement amount is the amount worked out by:
 (a) working out 66.33% of the combined couple rate of pension supplement; and
 (b) if the result is not a multiple of $2.60, rounding the result up or down to the nearest multiple of $2.60 (rounding up if the result is not a multiple of $2.60 but is a multiple of $1.30).
Note: For combined couple rate of pension supplement, see subsection 20A(1).

Residents of pension age in Australia etc.—election in force
 1068A‑BA4 The person's pension supplement amount is the amount worked out as follows:
 (a) work out the amount for the person under point 1068A‑BA3 as if the election were not in force;
 (b) from that amount, subtract the person's minimum pension supplement amount.

Other persons
 1068A‑BA5 If the person is not covered by point 1068A‑BA2, the person's pension supplement amount is the person's pension supplement basic amount.

Module BB—Energy supplement
 1068A‑BB1 An energy supplement is to be added to the person's (the recipient's) maximum basic rate if the recipient is residing in Australia and:
 (a) is in Australia; or
 (b) is temporarily absent from Australia and has been