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relevant to the claim; and

     (c) any other documents or other evidence under the control of the Department that are relevant to the claim.

"Division 4—Consideration and determination of claim

Duties of Commission in relation to claim

"45Q.(1) When the claim is submitted to the Commission, the Commission must consider all matters that are, in the Commission's opinion, relevant to the claim and must then determine the claim.

  "(2)  In considering the claim, the Commission must:

  (a) satisfy itself with respect to; or

  (b) determine;

(as the case requires) all matters relevant to the determination of the claim.

"(3) Without limiting subsection (1), the Commission, in considering the claim, must consider:

  (a) the evidence submitted with the claim under section 45P; and

    (b) any further evidence subsequently submitted to the Commission in relation to the claim.

   Note: A claimant may apply to the Commission for review of a determination made under this section (see Division 16).

Date of determination

"45R. If the Commission determines that the claim is to be granted, the determination takes effect on the day on which the determination is made or on such later day or earlier day as is specified in the determination.

"Division 5—Rate of income support supplement

"Subdivision A—General

How to work out the rate of income support supplement

"45S. The rate at which a person's income support supplement is payable is worked out in accordance with section 45X or 45Y, as the case requires.

Standard categories of family situations

"45T.(1) The Rate Calculators in this Division use the following standard categories of family situations:

• not a member of a couple;

• member of a couple (or partnered);

• partnered (partner getting neither pension nor benefit);

• partnered (partner getting pension or benefit);

• partnered (partner getting pension);

• partnered (partner getting benefit).

Note: See section 5E for definitions of those terms.

"(2) If it is necessary to distinguish between the members of sub-categories of these standard categories further words of description are added to the standard category label.

Rate Calculators

"45U.(1) For the purposes of this Act, a Rate Calculator is to be taken to be part of the section immediately preceding the Rate Calculator.

"(2) Rate Calculators are divided into Modules (for example, Module A).

  "(3) A Module of a Rate Calculator is divided into points.

  "(4) The points in a Module are numbered as follows:

     (a) the initial number (followed by a hyphen) identifies the section that immediately precedes the Rate Calculator;

     (b) the letter following the hyphen is the letter allocated to the Module in which the point occurs;

  (c) the final number identifies the order of the point within the Module.

       Example: Point 45X-D8 is the eighth