Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 308

  (1)   This section applies for the purposes of subsection   304(1) and paragraph   306(1)(a).

Receipt of certain benefits

  (2)   Subject to subsection   (5) of this section, this subsection applies to a person on a day if the person receives one of the following benefits in respect of that day:

  (a)   age pension;

  (b)   disability support pension;

  (c)   wife pension;

  (d)   carer payment;

  (e)   bereavement allowance;

  (f)   widow B pension;

  (g)   widow allowance;

  (h)   parenting payment;

  (i)   youth allowance;

  (j)   austudy payment;

  (k)   newstart allowance;

  (l)   jobseeker payment;

  (m)   sickness allowance;

  (n)   special benefit;

  (o)   partner allowance;

  (p)   carer allowance;

  (q)   double orphan pension.

Note:   References to youth allowance, newstart allowance and jobseeker payment include references to farm household allowance: see section   93 of the Farm Household Support Act 2014 .

Qualified for seniors health card

  (3)   Subject to subsection   (5) of this section, this subsection applies to a person on a day if:

  (a)   the person makes a claim for a seniors health card under Division   1 of Part   3 of the Administration Act on or before that day; and

  (b)   the person does not withdraw that claim on or before that day; and

  (c)   the person is qualified for the card on that day.

Qualified for pensioner concession card

  (4)   Subject to subsection   (5) of this section, this subsection applies to a person on a day if the person is qualified for a pensioner concession card on that day.

Residence requirement

  (5)   Subsection   (2), (3) or (4) does not apply to a person on a day if the person does not reside in Australia on that day.