Section 1061T — Social Security Act 1991: Qualification for utilities allowance

(1) A person is qualified for utilities allowance if the person: (a) either: (i) has reached pension age and is receiving an income support payment; or (ii) is receiving a disability support pension or a carer payment; and (c) either: (i) is in Australia; or (ii) is temporarily absent from Australia and has been so for a continuous period not exceeding 6 weeks. (2) Even though a person is qualified for utilities allowance, the allowance is not payable to the person: (a) if the person is receiving a social security payment for which a pension supplement amount is used to work out the rate of the payment, with a pension supplement amount that is more than the person’s pension supplement basic amount; or (b) if the person is receiving energy supplement under Part 2.25B; or (c) if an election by the person under subsection 1061VA(1) is in force.