Section 62E — Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: Quarterly energy supplement for service pension

(1) Quarterly energy supplement for service pension that a person is receiving is payable, as a separate payment, to the person for each day for which an election by the person is in force under subsection 60A(1). Note: Section 65A may affect the person’s entitlement to quarterly energy supplement. (2) An instalment of quarterly energy supplement is to be paid to the person as soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of an instalment period. (3) The amount of the instalment is the total amount of the quarterly energy supplement payable to the person for the days in the instalment period. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the rate of quarterly energy supplement payable for a day is 1/364 of what would be the person’s energy supplement under the Rate Calculator for the day apart from this section. (4A) In this section: instalment period means a period: (a) for each day of which quarterly energy supplement for service pension that the person is receiving is payable to the person; and (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. Reductions (5) This section is subject to subclause 4(5) of Schedule 6. (6) If: (a) an election by the person under subsection 60A(1) is in force on a particular day; and (b) apart from this subsection, the portion of the instalment of the person’s quarterly energy supplement that corresponds to that day would be reduced under subclause 4(5) of Schedule 6; and (c) the reduction of the main rate mentioned in paragraph 4(5)(a) would not be to a nil amount; the amount of that portion of the instalment is not to be reduced under subclause 4(5) of Schedule 6.