Social Services Legislation Amendment (Energy Assistance Payment and Pensioner Concession Card) Act 2017 (46 of 2017)

Schedule 2   Pensioner concession card

Part 2   Veterans' entitlements amendments

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

16   After subsection 53A(1)

Insert:

(1A) A person is eligible for fringe benefits if:

(a) immediately before 1 January 2017, the person was receiving a service pension or income support supplement; and

(b) the Commission is satisfied that the rate of that pension or supplement was nil on 1 January 2017 because of the operation of the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Pensions) Act 2015; and

(c) the person is not otherwise eligible under this section for fringe benefits.