Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Seniors Supplement Cessation) Act 2015 (91 of 2015)

Schedule 1   Energy supplement replacing seniors supplement

Part 1   Main amendments

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

46   Division 3 of Part VIIAD

Repeal the Division, substitute:

Division 3 - Payment of energy supplement

118PC Payment of energy supplement

(1) Energy supplement under this Part is to be paid by instalments.

(2) An instalment of energy supplement is to be paid to a person as soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of an instalment period.

(3) The amount of the instalment is worked out by:

(a) working out the person's amount of energy supplement for each day in the instalment period (using the daily rate of the supplement for that day); and

(b) adding up the amounts resulting from paragraph (a).

(4) In this section:

instalment period means a period:

(a) in relation to each day of which energy supplement is payable to the person; and

Note: For when energy supplement is payable to the person, see section 118PA.

(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.