Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (4) and sections 118XA and 118XB, a person is eligible for a seniors health card if the person:
(a) is a veteran; and
(b) has rendered qualifying service; and
(c) has reached pension age; and
(d) is an Australian resident; and
(f) is not receiving a service pension; and
(fa) is not receiving a veteran payment; and
(g) is not receiving a social security pension or benefit; and
(h) satisfies the seniors health card income test.
Note 1: For qualifying service see section 7A.
Note 2: For Australian resident see section 5G.
Note 3: For seniors health card income test see section 118ZZA.
Note 4: For pension age see section 5QA.
(1A) Subject to subsection (4) and sections 118XA and 118XB, a person is eligible for a seniors health card if the person:
(a) is a war widow or a war widower; and
(b) has reached qualifying age; and
(c) is an Australian resident; and
(e) is not receiving income support supplement; and
(f) satisfies the seniors health card income test; and
(g) is not eligible for a seniors health card under subsection (1).
Note 1: For Australian resident see section 5G.
Note 2: For seniors health card income test see section 118ZZA.
Note 3: For war widow and war widower see subsection 5E(1).
Note 4: For qualifying age see section 5Q.
Partner of person eligible for card under subsection (1)
(2) Subject to subsection (4) and sections 118XA and 118XB, a person is eligible for a seniors health card if:
(a) the person is a member of a couple; and
(b) the person's partner is eligible for a seniors health card under subsection (1); and
(c) the person has reached:
(i) if the person is not a veteran--pension age; or
(ii) if the person is a veteran--the age that would be the pension age for that person if he or she were not a veteran; and
(d) the person is an Australian resident; and
(f) the person is not receiving a service pension; and
(fa) the person is not receiving a veteran payment; and
(g) the person is not receiving a social security pension or benefit; and
(h) the person satisfies the seniors health card income test; and
(i) the person is not eligible for a seniors health card under subsection (1) or (1A).
Note 1: For member of couple and partner see section 5E.
Note 3: For Australian resident see section 5G.
Note 4: For seniors health card income test see section 118ZZA.
Note 5: For pension age see section 5QB.
(3) Subject to subsection (4) and sections 118XA and 118XB, a person is eligible for a seniors health card if:
(a) the person is:
(i) the non - illness separated spouse of a person who is receiving an age or invalidity service pension; or
(ii) the non - illness separated spouse of a person who is eligible for a seniors health card under subsection (1); or
(iii) a widow or widower of a veteran; and
(b) the person is eligible for a partner service pension; and
(c) the person has reached:
(i) if the person is not a veteran--pension age; or
(ii) if the person is a veteran--the age that would be the pension age for that person if he or she were not a veteran; and
(d) the person is an Australian resident; and
(f) the person is not receiving a service pension; and
(fa) the person is not receiving a veteran payment; and
(g) the person is not receiving a social security pension or benefit; and
(h) the person satisfies the seniors health card income test; and
(i) the person is not eligible for a seniors health card under subsection (1) or (1A).
Note 1: For non - illness separated spouse , widow and widower see subsection 5E(1).
Note 2: For veteran see subsection 5C(1).
Note 3: For pension age see section 5QB.
Note 4: For Australian resident see section 5G.
Note 5: For seniors health card income test see section 118ZZA.
(4) A person is not eligible for a seniors health card at a particular test time if:
(a) the person has failed to comply with section 118ZJA in respect of the reference tax year; or
(b) where the person has made an estimate of taxable income for the reference tax year and the estimate was accepted--the person did not give the Commission a copy of a notice of assessment of the person's taxable income for that tax year within 12 months after the end of that tax year.
Note: If a person is eligible for a seniors health card, the Commission must not determine that the person is entitled to the card if the person fails to comply with a request in subsection 128A(3) or (3A) (about provision of tax file numbers).
(5) In subsection (4):
"taxable income" , test time and reference tax year have the same meanings as in the Seniors Health Card Income Test Calculator.