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Policy

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section 197A, Overview - circumstances in which person is qualified for carer payment
section 198, Qualification - disabled adult or disabled adult and dependent child
section 198(5), Income and assets tests etc.
section 198A, Income Test
section 210, How to work out a person's carer payment rate

section 953, Qualification for carer allowance - caring for either 1 or 2 disabled children
section 954, Qualification for carer allowance—caring for a disabled adult in a private home of both the adult and the carer
section 954A, Qualification for carer allowance—caring for a disabled adult in a private home not shared by the adult and carer
section 955, Qualification for carer allowance - hospitalisation
section 956, Absence from Australia
section 957A Carer allowance income test
section 958, Carer Allowance not payable if allowance rate nil
section 964, Carer Allowance not payable to 2 people for the same care receiver or care receivers unless declaration made
section 965, Carer Allowance not payable to more than one member of a couple
section 974, Rate of Carer Allowance
section 981, Secretary may make declaration where 2 people are qualified for Carer Allowance for the same care receiver or care receivers