Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Act 2020 (22 of 2020)
Schedule 4 Stimulus payments to households to support growth
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
38 After Part IIIG
Insert:
Part IIIH - 2020 economic support payment
Division 1 - First 2020 economic support payment
67L First 2020 economic support payment
(1) A person is eligible for a first 2020 economic support payment if Division 3 applies to the person on a day in the period:
(a) starting on 12 March 2020; and
(b) ending on 13 April 2020.
(2) The amount of a person's first 2020 economic support payment under this Division is $750.
67M More than one entitlement
(1) A person may receive one payment only under this Division, regardless of how many times the person becomes eligible under section 67L.
(2) If:
(a) a first 2020 economic support payment under the ABSTUDY Scheme; or
(b) a first 2020 economic support payment under Division 1 of Part 9 of the Family Assistance Act; or
(c) a first 2020 economic support payment under Division 1 of Part 2.6B of the Social Security Act;
is paid to a person, no payment under this Division can be paid to the person.
67N Claim not required for first 2020 economic support payment
A claim is not required for a first 2020 economic support payment under this Division.
67P Payment of first 2020 economic support payment
(1) If a person is eligible for a first 2020 economic support payment under this Division, the Commission must, subject to subsection (2), pay the payment to the person in a single lump sum:
(a) on the date that the Commission considers to be the earliest date on which it is reasonably practicable for the payment to be paid; and
(b) in such manner as the Commission considers appropriate.
(2) The Commission must not pay the payment on or after 1 July 2022.
Division 2 - Second 2020 economic support payment
67Q Second 2020 economic support payment
(1) A person is eligible for a second 2020 economic support payment if:
(a) Division 3 applies to the person on 10 July 2020; and
(b) the person does not receive COVID-19 supplement under the Social Security Act in respect of 10 July 2020.
(2) The amount of a person's second 2020 economic support payment under this Division is $750.
67R More than one entitlement
(1) A person may receive one payment only under this Division, regardless of how many times the person becomes eligible under section 67Q.
(2) If:
(a) a second 2020 economic support payment under the ABSTUDY Scheme; or
(b) a second 2020 economic support payment under Division 2 of Part 9 of the Family Assistance Act; or
(c) a second 2020 economic support payment under Division 2 of Part 2.6B of the Social Security Act;
is paid to a person, no payment under this Division can be paid to the person.
67S Claim not required for second 2020 economic support payment
A claim is not required for a second 2020 economic support payment under this Division.
67T Payment of second 2020 economic support payment
(1) If a person is eligible for a second 2020 economic support payment under this Division, the Commission must, subject to subsection (2), pay the payment to the person in a single lump sum:
(a) on the date, occurring on or after 10 July 2020, that the Commission considers to be the earliest date on which it is reasonably practicable for the payment to be paid; and
(b) in such manner as the Commission considers appropriate.
(2) The Commission must not pay the payment on or after 1 July 2023.
Division 3 - Eligibility
67U Purpose of this Division
This Division applies for the purposes of subsection 67L(1) and paragraph 67Q(1)(a).
Note: Sections 67V to 67ZA are subject to section 67ZB (residence requirement).
67V Payments under this Act
Service pension or income support supplement
(1) This Division applies to a person on a day if service pension or income support supplement is payable to the person on that day.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), and without limiting that subsection, service pension or income support supplement is taken to be payable to a person on a day (the test day ) if:
(a) service pension or income support supplement ceases to be payable to the person on a day (the cessation day ) occurring on or before the test day; and
(b) that cessation occurs because of employment income the person or the person's partner earns, derives or receives (either alone or in combination with any other ordinary income earned, derived or received by the person or the person's partner); and
(c) were it not for the employment income, or the combined income, referred to in paragraph (b), the pension or supplement would be payable to the person throughout the period:
(i) starting on the cessation day; and
(ii) ending on the test day; and
(d) the cessation day occurs no earlier than 12 weeks before the test day.
Disability pension or war widow's/widower's pension under Part II or IV
(3) This Division applies to a person on a day if:
(a) the person receives for that day a pension under Part II or IV at a rate determined under or by reference to section 22, 23, 24, 25 or 27; and
(b) the person's rate of the pension is greater than nil for that day.
(4) This Division applies to a person on a day if:
(a) the person receives for that day a pension under Part II or IV at a rate determined under or by reference to subsection 30(1); and
(b) the person's rate of the pension is greater than nil for that day.
(5) For the purposes of subsections (3) and (4), a person is taken to receive a pension under Part II or IV at a rate greater than nil even if the person's rate would be nil, or pension would not be payable, merely because the rate is reduced, or pension is not payable, under Division 4, 5 or 5A of Part II or section 74.
Veteran payment
(6) This Division applies to a person on a day if:
(a) veteran payment is payable to the person on that day; and
(b) veteran payment is so payable because of a claim made on or before that day.
67W Veterans' Children Education Scheme
This Division applies to a person on a day if:
(a) a payment under the Veterans' Children Education Scheme is payable to the person on that day; and
(b) the payment is so payable because of a claim the person makes on or before that day; and
(c) the person turns 16 on or before that day.
67X Seniors health card, gold card etc.
Seniors health card
(1) This Division applies to a person on a day if:
(a) the person makes a claim for a seniors health card under Division 2 of Part VIIC on or before that day; and
(b) the person does not withdraw that claim on or before that day; and
(c) the person is eligible for the card on that day.
(2) This Division applies to a person on a day if:
(a) the person is the holder of a seniors health card on that day because of subsection 118XA(3); and
(b) the person is eligible for the card on that day.
Gold card
(3) This Division applies to a person on a day if:
(a) the person is, on that day, the holder of a card, known as the Repatriation Health Card - For All Conditions, that evidences the person's eligibility under this Act or the MRCA to be provided with treatment for all injuries or diseases; and
(b) the person is eligible for the card on that day.
(4) This Division applies to a person on a day if:
(a) the person makes a claim, on or before that day, under:
(i) section 8 of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006; or
(ii) section 9 of the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019;
for a determination that he or she is an eligible person; and
(b) the person does not withdraw that claim on or before that day; and
(c) the person is an eligible person (within the meaning of that Act) on that day.
Fringe benefits
(5) This Division applies to a person on a day if the person is eligible for fringe benefits under subsection 53A(1A) of this Act on that day.
67Y MRCA
Compensation for permanent impairment
(1) This Division applies to a person on a day if 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 that day; or
(ii) would be payable to the person for that day 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) the person receives lump sum compensation under Part 2 of Chapter 4 of the MRCA on or before that day.
Special Rate Disability Pension
(2) This Division applies to a person on a day if Special Rate Disability Pension under the MRCA:
(a) is payable to the person for that day; or
(b) would be payable to the person for that day apart from section 204, and paragraph 398(3)(b), of the MRCA.
Compensation for wholly dependent partners
(3) This Division applies to a person on a day if 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 that day; or
(ii) would be payable to the person for that day apart from paragraph 398(3)(b) of the MRCA;
(b) both:
(i) the person receives lump sum compensation under Division 2 of Part 2 of Chapter 5 of the MRCA on or before that day; and
(ii) subsection 388(6) of the MRCA does not apply to the person before that day.
67Z Education scheme under MRCA
This Division applies to a person on a day if:
(a) a payment under the scheme determined under section 258 of the MRCA is payable to the person on that day; and
(b) the payment is so payable because of a claim the person makes on or before that day; and
(c) the person turns 16 on or before that day.
67ZA Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988
This Division applies to a person on a day if:
(a) at any time, the person receives a payment of compensation under section 24 of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988; and
(b) the payment is paid because of a claim the person makes on or before that day.
67ZB Residence requirement
Despite sections 67V to 67ZA, this Division does not apply to a person on a day if the person does not reside in Australia on that day.