Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of income in subsection 66A(4) of the Act, the following are prescribed:
(a) money received by a person as an NDIS amount;
(b) money received by a person as redress to which the person is entitled under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018 .
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of income in subsection 66A(4) of the Act, the following kinds of payments paid to a person are prescribed:
(a) an NDIS amount paid to the person;
(b) payments, in the nature of an amenity allowance or gratuity, authorised by the Governor of a prison, paid to the person if he or she is serving a term of imprisonment in the prison, to the extent that the payment is not for:
(i) work done by the person inside or outside the prison; or
(ii) approved study undertaken by the person inside or outside the prison; or
(iii) participation by the person in any other program approved by the Governor;
(c) disability support pension paid to the person under the social security law;
(d) pension paid to the person as a veteran who is totally and permanently incapacitated as mentioned in paragraph 24(1)(b) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 ;
(e) Special Rate Disability Pension paid in relation to the person under Part 6 of Chapter 4 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 .
(3) Paragraphs (2)(c), (d) and (e) apply in relation to a pension only if the Registrar is satisfied that:
(a) at least 85% of the pension is paid by, or on behalf of, the pension recipient to another person; and
(b) the other person provides ongoing care to the pension recipient in return for the payment.