Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:1067g:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1067G (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 1773618–1776425

1067G  Rate of youth allowance

Youth allowance rate calculator
 (1) The rate of youth allowance of a person referred to in section 556 is to be calculated in accordance with the Rate Calculator in this section.

Limit on rate of allowance
 (2) If:
 (a) a person is living with another person as the spouse of the other person on a genuine domestic basis although not legally married to the other person (whether the persons are the same sex or different sexes); and
 (c) either or both of them are under the age of consent that applies in the State or Territory in which they are living;
the rate of the person's youth allowance is not to be more than the rate at which the allowance would be payable to the person if the other person were the person's partner.

Youth Allowance Rate Calculator

Module A—Overall rate calculation process

Method of calculating rate
 1067G‑A1 The rate of allowance is a daily rate. That rate is worked out by dividing the fortnightly rate calculated according to this Rate Calculator by 14.

      Method statement
           Step 1. Work out the person's maximum basic rate using Module B below.
           Step 1A. Work out the energy supplement (if any) using Module BA below.
           Step 2. Work out the amount a fortnight (if any) of pharmaceutical allowance using Module C below.
           Step 2A. Work out the amount per fortnight (if any) for youth disability supplement using Module D below.
           Step 3. Work out the applicable amount per fortnight (if any) for rent assistance in accordance with paragraph 1070A(a).
           Step 4. Add up the amounts obtained in Steps 1 to 3: the result is the maximum payment rate.
           Step 8. If the person is not independent, work out the person's reduction for parental income using Module E.
           Step 12. Apply the income test using Module H below to work out the person's income reduction.
           Step 13. Take away from the maximum payment rate the greatest of the following that apply:

                (a) the person's reduction for parental income;
                (c) the person's income reduction.

            (If a reduction described in paragraph (a) applies, and is not less than any other reduction that applies, take away from the maximum payment rate the first‑mentioned reduction.) The result is the provisional fortnightly payment rate. If that rate is nil because of the taking away of a reduction described in paragraph (a) then youth allowance is not payable to the person.
                  Note: If a person's maximum payment rate is reduced under this step, section 1210 sets the order in which the components of that rate are to be reduced.
           Step 14. The rate of allowance is the amount obtained by:

                (a) subtracting from the provisional