Veterans' Entitlements Income (Government of South Australia Energy Concession Bonus) Determination No. R14 of 2005 (Cth)

Repatriation Commission

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

Veterans’ Entitlements Income (Exempt Lump Sum — Energy Concession Bonus) Determination

Instrument No. R14 /2005

I, JOHN STEVENS, Acting Branch Head, Income Support Branch, Department of Veterans’ Affairs, and delegate of the Repatriation Commission, determine, under paragraph 5H(12)(c) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA), that an amount specified in Part 2 of the Schedule as an exempt lump sum is an exempt lump sum for the purposes of the definition of “ordinary income” in subsection 5H(1) of the VEA.

Dated   27 June 2005

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(JOHN STEVENS)

SCHEDULE

Part 1: Preliminary and Interpretation

1. Explanation

1.1Paragraph 5H(12)(c) of the VEA enables the Repatriation Commission to determine that an amount, or one of a class of amounts, is an exempt lump sum. The consequence of the determination is that the amount, or class of amounts, is not ordinary income for the purposes of the VEA.

1.2    Name of Determination

1.2.1This determination is the Veterans’ Entitlements Income (Government of South Australia Energy Concession Bonus) Determination No. R14 of 2005.

1.3      Commencement of Determination

1.3.1This Determination commences on the day on which it is signed by the Commission delegate.

1.4      Definitions

1.4.1In this Determination:

“service pension” has the meaning given in subsection 5Q(1) of the VEA.

“income support supplement” means the payment called the income support supplement payable under Part IIIA of the VEA.

“energy concession bonus” means a one-off bonus payment of $150 paid by the State Government of South Australia to people eligible for the South Australia Energy Concession to assist with their energy bills.

Part 2:     Exempt Lump Sum

1. Exempt Lump Sum— energy concession bonus

2.1If:

(a)A person or a person’s partner has received an energy concession bonus from the South Australian Government; and

(b)the person is eligible for, or in receipt of, a service pension or income support supplement;

then the amount received by the person or the person’s partner, as an energy concession bonus, is an exempt lump sum.