Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who is:
(a) in gaol; or
(b) undergoing psychiatric confinement because he or she has been charged with an offence;
may make a claim for a social security pension or benefit or for a crisis payment not earlier than 3 weeks before the person's expected release day.
(2) A day is a person's expected release day for the purpose of subsection (1) if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person will be released from gaol or psychiatric confinement on that day.