Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:clause:6_2:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 2 (pt 1/80)
Character Range: 2112316–2115160

2                                  Partnered—partner with a rent increased pension               2,535.00

Note 1: For member of a couple and partnered see section 5E.
Note 2: For partner with a rent increased pension see point C5.
Note 3: The column 4 amounts are indexed 6 monthly in line with CPI increases (see sections 59B to 59E).
 (2) In Table C‑2:
AR means annual rent as provided by points SCH6‑C9 to SCH6‑C11.
RTR means the rent threshold rate applicable under column 3 of Table C‑1 in point SCH6‑C6.

Annual rent
 SCH6‑C9 Annual rent is the annual rent paid or payable by the person whose service pension rate, income support supplement rate or veteran payment rate is being calculated.

Rent paid by a member of a couple
 SCH6‑C10 If a person is a member of a couple and the person's partner is living with the person in their home, any rent that the person's partner pays or is liable to pay in respect of the home is to be treated as paid or payable by the person.
Note: For member of a couple see section 5E.

Rent paid by a member of an illness separated or respite care couple
 SCH6‑C11 If a person is a member of an illness separated couple or a respite care couple, any rent that the person's partner pays or is liable to pay in respect of the premises occupied by the person is to be treated as paid or payable by the person.
Note: For illness separated couple and respite care couple see subsections 5R(5) and (6).

Module E—Ordinary/adjusted income test

Definition
 SCH6‑E1 In this Module:
ordinary/adjusted income means:
 (a) for the purpose of the calculation of the rate of service pension or veteran payment—ordinary income; or
 (b) for the purpose of the calculation of the rate of income support supplement—adjusted income.
Note: For ordinary income and adjusted income see section 5H.

Effect of income on maximum payment rate
 SCH6‑E2 This is how to work out the effect of a person's ordinary/adjusted income on the person's maximum payment rate:

      Method statement
           Step 1. Work out the annual rate of the person's ordinary/adjusted income.

                Note: For the treatment of the ordinary/adjusted income of members of a couple see point SCH6‑E3.

           Step 2. Work out the person's ordinary/adjusted income free area (see point SCH6‑E6 below).
                  Note: A person's ordinary/adjusted income free area is the maximum amount of ordinary/adjusted income the person can have without affecting the person's rate of service pension, income support supplement or veteran payment.
           Step 3. Work out whether the person's ordinary/adjusted income exceeds the person's ordinary/adjusted income free area.
           Step 4. If the person's ordinary/adjusted income does not exceed the person's ordinary/adjusted income free area, the person's ordinary/adjusted income