Section 67F — Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: One-off energy assistance payment—MRCA

Compensation for permanent impairment (1) A person is eligible for a one-off energy assistance payment if: (a) the condition in subsection (2) is met; and (b) the person is residing in Australia on 2 April 2019. (2) The condition is that either or both of the following apply: (a) weekly compensation under Part 2 of Chapter 4 of the MRCA: (i) is payable to the person for 2 April 2019; or (ii) would be payable to the person for 2 April 2019 apart from paragraph 398(3)(b) of the MRCA and offsetting described in subsection 13(4) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004; (b) before 2 April 2019 the person received lump sum compensation under Part 2 of Chapter 4 of the MRCA. Special Rate Disability Pension (3) A person is eligible for a one-off energy assistance payment if: (a) Special Rate Disability Pension under the MRCA: (i) is payable to the person for 2 April 2019; or (ii) would be payable to the person for 2 April 2019 apart from section 204, and paragraph 398(3)(b), of the MRCA; and (b) the person is residing in Australia on 2 April 2019. Compensation for wholly dependent partners (4) A person is eligible for a one-off energy assistance payment if: (a) the condition in subsection (5) is met; and (b) the person is residing in Australia on 2 April 2019. (5) The condition is that either or both of the following apply: (a) weekly compensation under Division 2 of Part 2 of Chapter 5 of the MRCA either: (i) is payable to the person for 2 April 2019; or (ii) would be payable to the person for 2 April 2019 apart from paragraph 398(3)(b) of the MRCA; (b) before 2 April 2019 the person received lump sum compensation under Division 2 of Part 2 of Chapter 5 of the MRCA and subsection 388(6) of the MRCA has not applied to the person before 2 April 2019. Amount of one-off energy assistance payment (6) The amount of a person’s one-off energy assistance payment under this section is $75.