Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Act 2011 (141 of 2011)

Schedule 3   Clean energy payments under the Veterans' Entitlements Act

Part 2   Clean energy supplements and quarterly clean energy supplement

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

42   Schedule 6 (after Module BA)

Insert:

Module BB - Clean energy supplement

When clean energy supplement is to be added

SCH6-BB1 A clean energy supplement is to be added to the person's maximum basic rate (of service pension) if the person is residing in Australia and:

(a) is in Australia; or

(b) is temporarily absent from Australia and has been so for a continuous period not exceeding 13 weeks.

Note: Section 65A may affect the addition of the clean energy supplement.

SCH6-BB2 However, this Module does not apply if quarterly clean energy supplement for service pension is payable to the person.

Amount of clean energy supplement

SCH6-BB3 The person's clean energy supplement is worked out by:

(a) applying the applicable percentage in the following table to the clean energy pension rate; and

(b) rounding the result of paragraph (a) up or down to the nearest multiple of $2.60 (rounding up if that result is not a multiple of $2.60 but is a multiple of $1.30).

Note 1: For clean energy pension rate see subsection 5GB(6).

Note 2: For member of a couple , partnered , illness separated couple and respite care couple see subsections 5E(1) and (5) and 5R(5) and (6) respectively.