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Definitions

Social Security Guide 1.1.A.120 Agreement - country, pension, international social security agreement

Social Security Guide 1.1.A.320 Australia

Social Security Guide 1.1.A.340 Australian working life residence (AWLR)

Social Security Guide 1.1.P.310 Portability, proportional portability

Social Security Guide 1.1.S.40 Saved cases, savings provisions

Social Security Guide 1.1.S.110 Severely disabled (DSP)

Portability of payments

Social Security Guide 7.1 Portability of payments and concession cards outside Australia

Social Security Guide 7.1.1 Portability table (summary of payment rules)

Social Security Guide 7.1.2 Payments with unlimited portability

Social Security Guide 7.1.3 Payments and concession cards with limited portability

Social Security Guide 7.1.4 Portability Extensions

Social Security Guide 7.1.6 Portability for former Australian residents

Social Security Guide 7.1.8 Portability definitions

Social Security Guide 7.2.1 Pre-departure arrangements for portable pensions

Social Security Guide 7.2.2 Proportional rate for portable pensions

Social Security Guide 7.2.3 Portability determinations, date of effect and transfers while overseas

Social Security Guide 7.2.4 Post departure requirements for portable payments

Social Security Guide 10.1 General Principles of Agreements

7.1.5 Portability under social security agreements | Social Security Guide

Assessing the principal home

Social Security Guide 4.6.3.10 General Provisions for Assessing the Principal Home

Social Security Guide 4.6.3.60 Exempting the principal home - temporary vacation of property

Legislation

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Definition/meaning of various terms

Social Security Act 1991

  • section 7, Australian residence definitions
    • subsection 2, 'An Australian resident is a person who'
    • subsection 3, 'In deciding for the purposes of this act whether or not a person is residing in Australia'
  • section 1212, Meaning of terms used in this Part
  • section 1217, Meaning of maximum portability period, allowable absence and portability period
  • section 23(4B), Severely Disabled definition

General portability legislation

Social Security Act 1991

  • part 4.2, division 1, Preliminary
  • section 1214, Some payments generally portable with no time limit
  • section 1218C, Extension of person's portability period
  • section 1216, Amounts added to rate
  • section 1213, Persons to whom Division applies
  • section 1211, Social Security (International Agreements) Act overrides Part

Age Pension

Social Security Act 1991

  • section 43(1), Qualification for and Payability of Age pension
  • section 1220A, age pension rate

Disability Support Pension (DSP)

Social Security Act 1991

  • section 1220B, disability support pension rate for a severely disabled person
  • section 94, continuing inability to work
  • schedule 1B, Tables for the assessment of work related impairment for disability support pension
  • section 1215, Some payments generally portable with time limit
  • section 1218AAA, Unlimited portability period for disability support pension-severely impaired disability support pensioner
  • section 1218AA, Unlimited portability period for disability support pension- terminally ill overseas disability support pensioner

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, section 64, Requirement to undergo medical examination etc.

Principal residence

Social Security Act 1991, section 11A(8), A residence of a person is taken to continue to be the person's principal home