Processing claims for Age Pension and Pension Bonus 065-03030050

Policy

Social Security Guide, 3.4.1, Age - Qualification & Payability

Social Security Guide, 3.4.1.10, Qualification for Age

Social Security Guide, 4.2, Means Tests & Limits

Social Security Guide, 3.4.7.10 Qualification for PBS

Social Security Guide, 3.4.7.80 Claiming the PBS bonus

Legislation

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Social Security Act 1991

Age Pension age

• For Age Pension age definitions see Section 23, Dictionary:
• subsection 5A Pension age
• subsection 5B 'A person born before 1 July 1935.'
• subsection 5C 'A person born within the period.'
• subsection 5D 'A person born during the period.'

Payability

• section 44, Age pension not payable if pension rate zero
• section 47, Multiple entitlement exclusion
• section 47A, Exclusion of certain participants in ABSTUDY Scheme

Eligibility

• section 43, Qualification for age pension

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

Need for a claim

• section 11, General rule
• For transfers between payments, see section 12, Deemed claim in certain cases

Commencement of social security payment

• section 41, Commencement

Single Touch Payroll (STP)

Federal Register of Legislation - Budget Savings (Omnibus) Act 2016