Section 1066B — Social Security Act 1991: Rate of disability support pension (people under 21 who are blind)

(1) The rate of disability support pension of a person who has not turned 21 and is permanently blind is to be calculated in accordance with the Rate Calculator at the end of this section. Note: Module A of the Rate Calculator establishes the overall rate calculation process and the remaining Modules provide for the calculation of the component amounts used in the overall rate calculation. (1A) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has one or more dependent children. Note 1: The rate for a disability support pension payable to a person under 21 who has one or more dependent children is dealt with in section 1065. Note 2: For dependent child see section 5. (2) A person’s disability support pension rate is not to exceed the rate at which a disability support pension would be payable to that person if the person’s rate were calculated using Pension Rate Calculator B at the end of section 1065. (4) Where: (a) a person who is permanently blind has a relationship with another person, whether of the same sex or a different sex (other person); and (b) the relationship between them is a de facto relationship in the Secretary’s opinion (formed after the Secretary has had regard to all the circumstances of the relationship, including, in particular, the matters referred to in paragraphs 4(3)(a) to (e) and subsection 4(3A)); (c) that other person is under the age of consent applicable in the State or Territory in which the person is living; the rate of disability support pension payable to the person who is permanently blind is not to exceed the rate at which it would be payable to the person if the other person were the person’s partner.