Reviews of Carer Payment (CP) and/or Carer Allowance (CA) 009-08060000
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Definitions for Carer Allowance (CA) and Carer Payment (CP)
Social Security Guide, 1.1.C.20, Care receiver (CP)
Social Security Guide, 1.1.T.86, Terminal condition (CA) (CP)
Reviews of payment
Social Security Guide, 6.2.5.50, CP - Reviews (Adult with a Disability)
Social Security Guide, 6.2.5.140, CA - Reviews (Adult with a Disability)
Social Security Guide, 3.6.7.180, Notification & Recipient Obligations for CA
Qualifications for Carer Allowance and Carer Payment
Social Security Guide, 4.2.5, CP Income and Assets Tests
Social Security Guide, 3.6.7.120, Saved Cases - CA (child) Recipients before July 1998 (Historical)
Social Security Guide, 6.2.5.57, CP (child) Reviews - Child who has a Terminal Condition
Legislation
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Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, section 63, Requirement to attend Department etc
Income and assets tests
- section 198A, Income test
- section 198B, Taxable income
- section 198C, Appropriate tax year
- section 198D, Assets test
- section 198E, Working out the value of assets
- section 198N, Exemption from care receiver assets test
- section 957A, Carer Allowance income test
Disposal of assets
- section 198F, Disposal of assets - care receiver assets test
- section 198G, Amount of disposition - care receiver assets test
- section 198H, individual higher ADAT score adults
- section 198HA, profoundly disabled child or disabled children
- section 198HB, lower ADAT score adult and dependent child
- section 198J, individual higher ADAT score adults
- section 198JA, profoundly disabled children or disabled children
- section 198JB, lower ADAT score adult and dependent child
- section 198K, members of couples including care receivers
- section 198LA, members of couples including higher ADAT score adults
- section 198M, Certain dispositions to be disregarded for care receiver assets test
- section 198MA, Other dispositions to be disregarded for care receiver assets test
Qualifications for Carer Payment and Carer Allowance
- section 198, Qualification for carer payment
- section 198AA, Qualification for carer payment - hospitalisation
- 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
Variations of payment
- section 198AAA, Continuation of qualification when person receiving care admitted to institution
- section 198AC, Effect of cessation of care etc. on Carer Payment