Section 1213 — Social Security Act 1991: Persons to whom Division applies

This Division applies to a person during a period (the period of absence) throughout which the person is continuously absent from Australia, if: (a) immediately before the period of absence commenced, the person was receiving a social security payment (the payment) mentioned in column 2 of the table at the end of section 1217; or (b) during the period of absence, the person’s claim for such a payment is granted under the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.