Further Periods of Residence Required

Overview

A Commonwealth veteran, Allied veteran or Allied mariner applying for service pension must be an Australian resident and have resided in Australia for a continuous period of at least 10 years. However, a concession to the ten year requirement may be applied where a person has multiple periods of residency. Below are details of how to calculate the further periods of residence required of a person, before they meet the period of residency required under the concession.     

When to apply additional formulas

The period of continuous residence still required is determined by using additional formulae, where:

• a Commonwealth veteran, Allied veteran or Allied mariner applies for service pension; and
• has been an Australian resident for more than one period; and
• is not yet eligible under the concessional formula.     
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  Section 1.1.3 Commonwealth and Allied Veterans

  1.1.4/Allied Merchant Mariners

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Which formula ?

Example:   Each period of residence is less than 5 years

Periods of residence are 4 years, 4 years and current period of 3 years.

Formula 1[ 20  -  (11  +  3) ] ÷ 2  =  3

Thus three more years of continuous residence are required

When the additional three years' residence are completed, the periods of residence will be 4, 4 and 6 years. These new periods of residency meet the residency requirements, under the concessional formula.

Example:   One period of residence equal to or exceeding 5 years

Periods of residence are 8 years and current period of 1 year.

formula 1[ 20  -  (9  +  1) ] ÷  2  =  5

formula 2 — 20  -  (9  +  8)  =  3

As the answer to formula 2 is the lesser period, 3 more years of continuous residence are required.

When the additional 3 years' residence are completed, the periods of residence will be 8 and 4 years. These new periods of residency meet the residency requirements under the concessional formula.