Budget Savings (Omnibus) Act 2016 (55 of 2016)

Schedule 21   Closing carbon tax compensation to new welfare recipients

Part 2   Energy supplement under the social security law

Social Security Act 1991

38   Transitional provision

If:

(a) before 19 September 2016 a person was receiving an income support payment where energy supplement was used to work out the rate of that payment; and

(b) on a day (the cessation day ) in the period of 6 weeks ending at the end of 19 September 2016, the person ceased to receive that payment; and

(c) on the day before the cessation day, energy supplement was used to work out the rate of that payment; and

(d) the person made a claim under the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 for a seniors health card within the period of 6 weeks beginning on the cessation day; and

(e) the person's claim was granted and the person became the holder of a seniors health card on a day on or after 20 September 2016; and

(f) the person held that card immediately before the commencement of this item;

then:

(g) the person can become qualified for energy supplement under subsection 1061U(1) of the Social Security Act 1991 (despite subsection 1061U(2) of that Act); and

(h) paragraph 1061U(5)(a) of the Social Security Act 1991 applies as if a reference to a claim mentioned in subsection (4) included a reference to a claim mentioned in this item.