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FURTHER 1998 BUDGET MEASURES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SOCIAL SECURITY) ACT 1999 NO. 152, 1999 - SCHEDULE 9

- Amendment relating to pensioner education supplement

Social Security Act 1991

1 Section 1061PZG

Repeal the section, substitute:

1061PZG Rate of pensioner education supplement

(1)
If a person:

(a)
is a sub-50% concessional study-load student in respect of a course; and

(b)
is not receiving any of the following:

(i)
a disability support pension under this Act;
(ii)
an invalidity service pension under the Veterans' Entitlements Act;
(iii)
an invalidity income support supplement under the Veterans' Entitlements Act;
the pensioner education supplement fortnightly rate for the person is $30.00.

(2)
The pensioner education supplement fortnightly rate for a person to whom subsection (1) does not apply is $60.00.

(3)
The rate of pensioner education supplement for a person is a daily rate worked out by dividing the person's fortnightly rate by 14.

(4)
For the purposes of this section, a person is a sub-50% concessional study-load student in respect of a course if the person is a 25% concessional study-load student in respect of the course for the purposes of Subdivision B of Division 1 of this Part who is undertaking, or who intends to undertake, less than one half of the normal amount of full-time study, determined in accordance with section 1061PF, in respect of that course.



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