Carer Allowance (CA) and Carer Payment (CP) interaction of portability and temporary cessation of care (respite) rules 009-03100010
Expand allThis document outlines the application of portability rules when the carer and/or care receiver are overseas, and the circumstances when it is necessary for Centrelink to record an absence due to any temporary cessation of care.
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Circumstances relating to overseas absence
Temporary cessation of care and portability provisions
Circumstances relating to overseas absence
Table 1: this table describes the process to follow when a Carer Payment (CP) or Carer Allowance (CA) customer advised they are going overseas. The rules for temporary cessation of care and portability may differ between CP and CA depending on the situation.
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Carer overseas + Read more Is the carer overseas or going overseas?
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Carer not overseas + Read more Because the carer is not overseas, portability provisions do not apply for the carer, as portability only applies when a person receiving payment is absent from Australia. However, temporary cessation of care (respite) provisions may apply if the care receiver is overseas and the carer is in Australia. What payment is the carer receiving?
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Is the care receiver an adult or a child? + Read more
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Is the care receiver an adult or a child? + Read more ...
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Child care receiver with carer's partner + Read more Is the child care receiver in the care of the carer's partner?
If a permanent cessation of care, this must be coded so that payment can be cancelled - see Cancellation and suspension of Carer Payment (CP) and/or Carer Allowance (CA). Procedure ends here. |
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The care receiver is outside Australia without carer + Read more ... This is an absence for temporary cessation of care (respite). For information on how to code the absences, see Temporary Cessation of Care (respite) provisions for Carer Payment (CP) and Carer Allowance (CA). If a permanent cessation of care, this must be coded so that payment can be cancelled - see Cancellation and suspension of Carer Payment (CP) and/or Carer Allowance (CA) Procedure ends here. |
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Carer is in Australia, care receiver is a child attracting both CP and CA + Read more It is possible for an absence for one payment not to be considered an absence for the other, depending on the circumstances. Who is providing care to the disabled child?
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Temporary cessation of care and portability provisions
Table 2: this table describes how to determine when to record portability details or a temporary cessation of care (respite) or both, depending on the circumstances.
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The portability procedures always apply when the carer is overseas + Read more Portability must be coded. See Carer Payment (CP) customer going overseas; and/or Carer Allowance (CA) customer going overseas. However, the situation may also be an absence for example: respite or hospitalisation. If so, that absence must be coded as well as it may affect the person's payment before the portability period expires. Is the care receiver overseas and are they with the carer?
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Portability only + Read more This is portability only, because the care receiver remains in the care of the carer. See Carer Payment (CP) customer going overseas and/or Carer Allowance (CA) customer going overseas. However, remember that any cessation of care that subsequently occurs while the carer and care receiver are overseas is an absence and must be coded as one. An absence in that situation does not extend the person's maximum portability period. See Temporary Cessation of Care (respite) provisions for Carer Payment (CP) and Carer Allowance (CA). Procedure ends here. |
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Type of carer payment + Read more What payment is the carer receiving?
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Care receiver - adult or child + Read more ... Is the care receiver an adult or a child?
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Portability and Temporary Cessation of Care (TCC) (respite) + Read more As the carer is overseas and not providing care to the care receiver, this is a Temporary Cessation of Care (TCC) (respite) absence as well as being portability.
Note: payment will only continue until the carer's allowable absences (up to 63 days) have expired or the maximum portability period is reached, whichever comes first. Procedure ends here. |
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This may be an absence for one payment but not the other, depending on the circumstances + Read more ... Is the child care receiver in the care of the carer's partner?
Coding
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