Social Security Act 1991
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 274 — Amount of the one-off payment
The amount of the one-off payment to the qualified person is $1000. Note: The amount is $1000, regardless of the number of people for whom the qualified person provides care.
Section 275 — 2008 one-off payment to carers (carer service pension related)
A person (the qualified person) is qualified for a 2008 one-off payment to carers (carer service pension related) if: (a) the person has been paid an instalment of carer service pension as a result…
Section 276 — Amount of the one-off payment
The amount of the one-off payment to the qualified person is $1000. Note: The amount is $1000, regardless of the number of people for whom the qualified person provides care.
Section 300 — One-off energy assistance payment
(1) A person is qualified for a one-off energy assistance payment if: (a) age pension, disability support pension or pension PP (single) is payable to the person on 20 June 2017; and (b) that pension…
Section 301 — Amount of one-off energy assistance payment
The amount of a person’s one-off energy assistance payment under section 300 is worked out using the following table, having regard to the person’s situation on 20 June 2017: Energy assistance…
Section 302 — One-off energy assistance payment
(1) A person is qualified for a one-off energy assistance payment if: (a) a benefit mentioned in subsection (2) is payable to the person on 2 April 2019; and (b) that benefit is so payable because of…
Section 303 — Amount of one-off energy assistance payment
The amount of a person’s one-off energy assistance payment under section 302 is worked out using the following table, having regard to the person’s situation on 2 April 2019. Energy assistance…
Section 304 — First 2020 economic support payment
Qualification for payment (1) A person is qualified for a first 2020 economic support payment if subsection 308(2), (3) or (4) applies to the person on a day in the period: (a) starting on 12 March…
Section 305 — Amount of first 2020 economic support payment
The amount of a person’s first 2020 economic support payment under this Division is $750.
Section 306 — Second 2020 economic support payment
Qualification for payment (1) A person is qualified for a second 2020 economic support payment if: (a) subsection 308(2), (3) or (4) applies to the person on 10 July 2020; and (b) the person does not…
Section 307 — Amount of second 2020 economic support payment
The amount of a person’s second 2020 economic support payment under this Division is $750.
Section 308 — Eligibility
(1) This section applies for the purposes of subsection 304(1) and paragraph 306(1)(a). Receipt of certain benefits (2) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, this subsection applies to a person…
Section 309 — Additional economic support payment 2020
Qualification for payment (1) A person is qualified for an additional economic support payment 2020 if: (a) subsection 313(2), (3) or (4) applies to the person on 27 November 2020; and (b) the person…
Section 310 — Amount of additional economic support payment 2020
The amount of a person’s additional economic support payment 2020 under this Division is $250.
Section 311 — Additional economic support payment 2021
Qualification for payment (1) A person is qualified for an additional economic support payment 2021 if: (a) subsection 313(2), (3) or (4) applies to the person on 26 February 2021; and (b) the person…
Section 312 — Amount of additional economic support payment 2021
The amount of a person’s additional economic support payment 2021 under this Division is $250.
Section 313 — Eligibility
(1) This section applies for the purposes of paragraphs 309(1)(a) and 311(1)(a). Social security payments (2) This subsection applies to a person on a day if: (a) the following apply: (i) the person…
Section 314 — 2022 cost of living payment
Qualification for payment (1) A person is qualified for a 2022 cost of living payment if: (a) subsection 316(2), (3) or (4) applies to the person on 29 March 2022; and (b) the person is residing in…
Section 315 — Amount of 2022 cost of living payment
The amount of a person’s 2022 cost of living payment under this Division is $250.
Section 316 — Eligibility
(1) This section applies for the purposes of subsection 314(1). Receipt of certain benefits (2) This subsection applies to a person on a day if the person receives one of the following benefits in…
Section 500 — Qualification for parenting payment
(1) A person is qualified for parenting payment if: (a) the person has at least one PP child (see section 500D); and (b) the person is an Australian resident; and (c) in a case where the person is…
Section 500VA — Exclusion of certain participants in ABSTUDY Scheme
(1) If: (a) a payment is made in respect of a person under the ABSTUDY Scheme; and (b) the payment is made on the basis that the person is a full-time student; and (c) in the calculation of the…
Section 500WA — Ordinary waiting period
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (4), a person is subject to an ordinary waiting period unless: (a) at some time in the 13 weeks immediately before the person’s start day (worked out disregarding…
Section 500B — Qualification—assurance of support
A person is not qualified for parenting payment if the Secretary is satisfied that: (a) an assurance of support is in force in respect of the person (the assuree); and (b) the person who gave the…
Section 500WB — Duration of ordinary waiting period
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (4), if a person is subject to an ordinary waiting period, the ordinary waiting period is the period of 7 days that starts on the person’s start day (worked out…
Section 500C — Qualification affecting member of couple—unemployment due to industrial action
(1) If: (a) a person (claimant) who is a member of a couple has claimed but has not yet received parenting payment; and (b) when the claim was lodged, the claimant was unemployed; the claimant is not…
Section 500D — PP child
(1) A child is a PP child of a person if: (a) the child is a child of the person; and (b) the person is a member of a couple; and (c) the child has not turned 6; and (d) the person is the principal…
Section 500E — Prospective determinations for some recipients
(1) A person is qualified for parenting payment for a period determined by the Secretary if: (a) the person is receiving parenting payment; and (b) the Secretary considers at the start of the period…
Section 500I — Parenting payment not payable if payment rate nil
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a parenting payment is not payable to a person if the person’s parenting payment rate would be nil. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person’s rate…
Section 500J — Situations where payment not payable for failure to comply with certain requirements
Parenting payment is not payable to a person if the person refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement made of the person under section 67, 68 or 192 of the…
Section 500Q — Assets test—payment not payable if assets value limit exceeded
(1) Parenting payment is not payable to a person if the value of the person’s assets exceeds the person’s assets value limit. (2) The assets value limit of a person who is not a member of a couple is…
Section 500S — Multiple entitlement exclusion
(1) Parenting payment is not payable to a person if the person is already receiving a service pension or a veteran payment. (2) If: (a) a person is receiving parenting payment; and (b) a social…
Section 500V — Educational schemes exclusion—person member of a couple
(1) This section applies to a person who is a member of a couple. (2) Parenting payment is not payable to the person if the person is receiving: (b) payments under the ABSTUDY Scheme (other than…
Section 500X — Newly arrived resident’s waiting period
(1) Subject to this section, a person who: (a) has entered Australia; and (b) has not been an Australian resident and in Australia for a period of, or periods totalling, 208 weeks; is subject to a…
Section 500Y — Duration of newly arrived resident’s waiting period
(1) If a person is subject to a newly arrived resident’s waiting period, the period starts on the day the person first became an Australian resident. (2) The newly arrived resident’s waiting period…
Section 500Z — Seasonal workers—preclusion period
(1) This section applies if: (a) a person has lodged a claim for parenting payment; and (b) at any time during the 6 months immediately before the day on which the person lodged the claim, the…
Section 503 — How to work out a person’s parenting payment rate
A person’s parenting payment rate is worked out using: (a) if the person is not a member of a couple—the Pension PP (Single) Rate Calculator at the end of section 1068A (see Part 3.6A); or (b) if the…
Section 503A — Approved program of work supplement
If a person: (a) is receiving a parenting payment; and (b) is participating in an approved program of work for income support payment; the rate of the person’s parenting payment is increased by an…
Section 503AA — Approved program of work supplement not payable in certain circumstances
An approved program of work supplement is not payable to a person in respect of a fortnight if pensioner education supplement under Part 2.24A or under ABSTUDY is payable to the person in respect of…
Section 512 — Death of PP child—continuation of qualification for 14 weeks
(1) If: (a) a person is receiving parenting payment for a dependent child; and (b) the child dies; and (c) following the child’s death, there is no other dependent child of the person who is a PP…
Section 513 — Death of recipient—recipient not member of a couple
(1) If: (a) a person is receiving parenting payment; and (b) the person is not a member of a couple; and (c) the person dies; there is payable, to such person as the Secretary thinks appropriate, an…
Section 513A — Death of recipient—recipient member of a couple
If: (a) a person is receiving parenting payment; and (b) the person is a member of a couple; and (c) the person dies; and (d) the person: (i) was qualified at the time of the person’s death for…
Section 514 — Surviving partner and deceased partner
If: (a) a person is receiving parenting payment; and (b) the person’s partner dies; then, for the purposes of this Division: (c) the person is the surviving partner; and (d) the person’s partner is…
Section 514A — Qualification for payments under this Subdivision
(1) If: (a) a person is receiving a benefit PP (partnered); and (b) the person’s partner dies; and (c) immediately before the deceased partner died, he or she: (i) was a long-term social security…
Section 514B — Continued payment of deceased partner’s previous entitlement
If a surviving partner is qualified for payments under this Subdivision in relation to the death of the deceased partner, there is payable to the surviving partner, on each of the deceased partner’s…
Section 514C — Lump sum payable in some circumstances
If: (a) a surviving partner is qualified for payments under this Subdivision in relation to the death of the deceased partner; and (b) the first available bereavement adjustment payday occurs before…
Section 514D — Adjustment of person’s parenting payment rate
(1) This section applies if a surviving partner: (a) is qualified for payments under this Subdivision; and (b) does not elect under subsection 514A(2) not to receive payments under this Subdivision.…
Section 514E — Effect of death of surviving partner
If: (a) a surviving partner is qualified for payments under this Subdivision in relation to the death of the deceased partner; and (b) the surviving partner dies within the bereavement period; and…
Section 514F — Matters affecting payments under this Subdivision
(1) If: (a) the surviving partner is qualified for payments under this Subdivision; and (b) after the deceased partner died, an amount to which the deceased partner would have been entitled if he or…
Section 540 — Qualification for youth allowance—general rule
(1) Subject to this Subdivision, a person is qualified for a youth allowance in respect of a period if: (a) throughout the period: (i) the person is undertaking full-time study (see section 541B); or…