Issue of Evidentiary Certificate for the Pension Bonus Scheme (PBS) 065-07010020
Expand allThis document outlines what an Evidentiary Certificate is and how one is issued to registered members of the Pension Bonus Scheme (PBS).
Evidentiary Certificate
An Evidentiary Certificate is a statement issued by Centrelink or Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) which confirms a person's membership of the PBS. A member of the scheme can request that Centrelink provide an Evidentiary Certificate for a full or part year bonus period. The member must provide sufficient evidence to satisfy the delegate that they or their partner have met the work test, or that the criteria for being a non-accruing member are correctly applied.
The Pension Bonus Scheme is closed to new registrations from 1 July 2014.
Using an Evidentiary Certificate
The Evidentiary Certificate can be used by the person when they claim the bonus as proof that the work test has been met for the period covered on the certificate.
An Evidentiary Certificate issued by Centrelink is accepted as proof of having passed the work test for the period covered by DVA. Similarly, an Evidentiary Certificate issued by DVA is regarded as proof of having met the work test for the period covered by Centrelink.
Registered members should be encouraged to request Evidentiary Certificates.
The Resources page contains a link to Services Australia website for information about the Pension Bonus Scheme and the work test, and links to relevant forms.
Related links
Registration for Pension Bonus Scheme (PBS)
Qualification and assessment of Pension Bonus Payment (PBP)
Accruing membership of the Pension Bonus Scheme (PBS)
Non-accruing membership of the Pension Bonus Scheme (PBS)
Creating an Online Advice (OLA), including within an existing activity
Creating, reviewing and deleting documents (including Fast notes and DOA DOCs)