Section 1061PZG — Social Security Act 1991: 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; (ia) a youth allowance, newstart allowance or benefit PP (partnered) under this Act, in a case where the person has a partial capacity to work; (ii) an invalidity service pension under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act; (iii) an income support supplement under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act on the grounds of permanent incapacity; (iv) a veteran payment; the pensioner education supplement fortnightly rate for the person is $31.20. Note 1: Recipients of youth allowance, newstart allowance or benefit PP (partnered) only qualify for pensioner education supplement in the limited circumstances set out in subsection 1061PJ(2A), (2B) or (2D). Note 2: For partial capacity to work see section 16B. (2) The pensioner education supplement fortnightly rate for a person to whom subsection (1) does not apply is $62.40. (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.