| 1.1.B.70 |
Board & lodging (RA, SpB) |
Clarified definition. |
| 1.1.F.180 |
Fringe benefits (income test assessment) |
Updated definition. |
| 1.1.G.68 |
Group payments |
Updated terminology. |
| 1.1.P.127 |
Payment nominee |
Updated terminology. |
| 1.1.P.237 |
Personal Support Programme (PSP) |
Updated definition. |
| 1.1.R.55 |
Receiving |
Updated terminology. |
| 1.1.S.125 |
Severe financial hardship - OWP, SWPP, LAWP, IMP |
Updated terminology. |
| 1.1.S.176 |
Significant disadvantage |
Updated terminology. |
| 1.2.3.10 |
Age Pension (Age) - Description |
Updated terminology. |
| 1.2.3.20 |
Wife Pension (WP) - Description |
Updated terminology. |
| 1.2.3.40 |
Widow B Pension (WidB) - Description |
Updated terminology. |
| 2.2.1.30 |
Identity Verification Requirements |
Removed duplicate word. |
| 2.2.1.40 |
Persons Experiencing Difficulty with Identity Verification |
Updated terminology. |
| 2.2.9 |
Retirement & Widows Verification |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.2.3.20 |
Payability of YA |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.2.5.70 |
Assessment & Mandatory Procedures for YA - Unreasonable to Live at Home |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.2.9.110 |
Approved Activity - Work Experience Placement(WEP) Programme |
New topic. |
| 3.2.11.10 |
Satisfying the YA Activity Test |
Updated to reflect that from 1 January 2008 a person cannot be considered eligible for YA if the person ceases full-time study and fail to notify Centrelink within 14 days. |
| 3.2.12.40 |
Activity Test Exemption - Special Circumstances |
Added information on Indigenous cultural business and ensuring consistency in exemptions granted for cultural and sorry business for Indigenous Australians. |
| 3.3.1.30 |
Payability of PA |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.1.10 |
Qualification for Age |
Updated terminology and added additional act references. |
| 3.4.1.20 |
Payability of Age |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.1.40 |
Supplementary Benefits & Assistance for Age Recipients |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.1.50 |
Notification & Recipient Obligations for Age |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.1.60 |
Continuation, Variation or Termination of Age |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.2.10 |
Qualification for WP |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.2.20 |
Payability of WP |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.2.30 |
Supplementary Benefits & Employment Assistance for WP Recipients |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.2.40 |
Notification & Recipient Obligations for WP |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.2.50 |
Continuation, Variation or Termination of WP |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.4.20 |
Assessment of Desertion for WidB |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.4.50 |
Payability of WidB |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.4.70 |
Supplementary Benefits & Employment Assistance for WidB Recipients |
Removed references to JET and updated terminology. |
| 3.4.4.80 |
Notification & Recipient Obligations for WidB |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.4.90 |
Continuation, Variation or Termination of WidB |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.7.30 |
Bonus Periods for PBS |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.7.40 |
Accruing Membership of PBS |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.4.7.100 |
Amount of PBS Bonus |
Updated terminology and examples. Added example calculation for illness-separated couple when marital status has not changed. |
| 3.4.7.110 |
Sample PBS Calculations |
Updated rates used in example 3. |
| 3.5.1.88 |
Eligibility for PPP Where There is a Polygamous Relationship |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.6.6.10 |
Qualification for MOB |
Updated terminology and added information on Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VRS) provider programmes and where MOB recipients are working 15 hours per week in the open labour market for productivity based wages. |
| 3.6.7.115 |
Payability of Child Disability Assistance Payment |
New topic. |
| 3.8.1.40 |
Notification, Verification & Recipient Obligations for RA |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.8.1.60 |
Payments that may be Treated as Rent |
Clarified policy. |
| 3.8.1.90 |
Temporary Accommodation & RA |
Clarified policy. |
| 3.8.1.102 |
Special RA Rules for People in Accommodation for Older People (Life Interest Rules) |
Clarified summary and updated terminology. |
| 3.8.1.120 |
Examples of Assessment - RA Sharers Provisions |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.8.3.20 |
PES Qualifying Study for Tertiary Students |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.8.3.30 |
PES & Secondary Students |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.8.3.110 |
Notification & Recipient Obligations for PES |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.8.8.10 |
Qualification for RAA |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.8.8.20 |
Payability of RAA |
Clarified policy. |
| 3.8.8.40 |
Usual Place of Residence for RAA |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.8.8.60 |
Continuation, Variation or Termination of RAA |
Clarified policy. |
| 3.9.3.36 |
Target Foreign Income |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.9.3.40 |
Treatment of Income Components for CSHC |
Updated terminology. |
| 3.12.1 |
Pension GST Supplement |
Updated terminology. |
| 4 |
Income & Assets |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.1.2.10 |
Disposal of Assets Pre 1 July 2002 |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.1.2.20 |
Disposal of Assets Post 1 July 2002 |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.1.3 |
Deprivation of Assets & Income - Effect on Income |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.1.9 |
Hardship Provisions |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.1.11 |
The Rolling Five Financial Year Deprivation Provisions & Other Deprivation Changes |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.2.8 |
YA Means Tests & Limits |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.3.1.30 |
Rate of Income - Couples, Blind Pensioners & Children |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.3.2.31 |
Income Exempt from Assessment - Specifically Approved |
Title changed. Updated terminology. Added to personal care support schemes approved by Ministers. |
| 4.3.2.35 |
Income Exempt from Assessment - s 8 (11) Exempt Lump Sums |
Included details of various lump sum determinations, clarified FaCSIA's overall co-ordinating role in exempting agreed lump sum amounts as income and that determinations can only be backdated 13 weeks. |
| 4.3.3.60 |
Deferred Income, Salary Sacrifice, Valuable Consideration & Fringe Benefits |
Added information on reportable fringe benefits amount. |
| 4.3.9.10 |
Income from Maintenence, Property Settlements & Life Interest |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.3.9.50 |
Income from Gifts, Legacies, Royalties & Native Title Claims |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.3.9.60 |
Income from Private Companies & Trusts |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.4.1.40 |
Exemption of Financial Investments from Deeming |
Updated the Ministers' role in the application of this policy as a result of machinery of government changes. |
| 4.4.2.30 |
Description - Deprived Assets |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.4.2.60 |
Description - Sale of Principal Home or Other Property |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.6 |
Assets |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.6.4.50 |
Granny Flats - Features, Rights & Interests |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.6.7.70 |
Determining Severe Financial Hardship - Drawings From an Unincorporated Business |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.6.7.80 |
Notional Ordinary Income - Overview |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.6.7.110 |
Notional Ordinary Income - Person's Farm Used by a Family Member |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.6.7.120 |
Notional Ordinary Income - Other Farming Situations |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.9.1.30 |
Specific Provisions for Assessing Income Streams |
Clarified means test treatment of transition-to-retirement income streams. |
| 4.9.2.60 |
Sections 9A (Lifetime) & 9B (Life Expectancy of the SSAct Applying Prior to 20/09/2004 |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.9.3.30 |
Income Test Assessment of Asset-Tested Income Streams |
Corrected comments on minimum/maximum withdrawal requirements for account-based income streams. |
| 4.10.3 |
Historical Age & Invalid (Disability Support) Pension Income & Assets Limits |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.10.4.20 |
Historical Widow B Means Test Limits & Additional Payments |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.12.7.10 |
Income Attribution |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.12.7.20 |
Allowable & Non-allowable Deductions |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.12.7.40 |
Distributions of the Income of a Private Trust or Private Company to an Attributable Stakeholder |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.12.7.50 |
Distributions of the Income of a Private Trust or Private Company to a Non-attributable Stakeholder |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.12.7.60 |
Assessment of Other Income from a Private Trust or Private Company |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.12.8.10 |
Reassessments of a Controlled Private Trust or Controlled Private Company |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.12.8.20 |
Overpayments Relating to Controlled Private Trusts & Controlled Private Companies |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.12.9.10 |
Resignations from a Controlled Private Trust or Controlled Private Company on or After 01/01/2002 |
Added example to clarify general provisions. |
| 4.12.10.30 |
Disposal of the Assets of a Private Trust or Private Company On or After 01/01/2002 |
Removed example. |
| 4.12.11.10 |
Aggregation Assessments of Controlled Primary Production Private Trusts & Private Companies |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.12.11.30 |
Other Primary Production Issues |
Updated terminology. |
| 4.13.1.25 |
Treatment of Specific Compensatory Type Payments |
Clarified treatment of 'approved' personal support schemes. |
| 4.13.3.10 |
Overview of Periodic Compensation Payments |
Clarified income test concessions and treatment of payments from an income protection policy. |
| 4.13.3.20 |
Effect of Periodic Compensation on a Compensation Recipient |
Clarified income test concessions. |
| 8.3.3.30 |
Backdated Start Days -YA |
Updated terminology. |
| 8.3.3.110 |
Backdated Start Days -PES |
Updated terminology. |
