Section 48D — Social Security (Administration) Act 1999: Payment of quarterly energy supplement

(1) Quarterly energy supplement is to be paid by instalments. (2) An instalment of quarterly energy supplement is to be paid to a person as soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of an instalment period. Note: For when quarterly energy supplement is payable to the person, see section 915 of the 1991 Act. (3) The amount of the instalment is worked out by: (a) working out the amount of the person’s quarterly energy supplement for each day in the instalment period; and (b) adding up the amounts resulting from paragraph (a). (4) In this section: instalment period means a period: (a) for each day of which quarterly energy supplement is payable to the person; and Note: For when quarterly energy supplement is payable to the person, see section 915 of the 1991 Act. (b) that either begins on any 20 March, 20 June, 20 September or 20 December or does not include any such day; and (c) that either ends on any 19 March, 19 June, 19 September or 19 December or does not include any such day; and (d) that is not included in a longer instalment period.