B46/1995 EXCHANGE RATE ADJUSTMENTS TO BRITISH DISABILITY PENSIONS PAID IN AUSTRALIA

DATE OF ISSUE:  19 JULY 1995

EXCHANGE RATE ADJUSTMENTS TO BRITISH DISABILITY PENSIONS PAID IN AUSTRALIA

INTRODUCTION

1.Advice has been received from the British Department of Social Security (BDSS) to the effect that the exchange rate to be used for payment of the British component of Disability Pensions in Australia has been reviewed.

2.The new rate is to be put into effect on payday 3 August 1995.  The exchange rate will vary from $A2.11 to $A2.18 to one Pound Sterling (British pension rates charts are at Attachment B).  The variation applies to the Hong Kong cases and to the EATS and Composite cases.

3.There will be no cases processed automatically.  All cases will be listed for manual examination.

SERVICE PENSION CASES

4.A report will be produced of Service Pension cases with British Pension in payment to enable update of the DP amount for Service Pension assessment purposes.

5.Action schedules of cases requiring manual examination and variation by examiners will be produced on 18 July 1995, in groups made up of the following:

Group Content Group Reference

Composite cases — 100 (with or without SP)

EATS cases — 200 (with or without SP)

Other overseas pensions — 300 (which may be affected).

Group 300 is to be processed via the PMF update transactions.

Groups 100 and 200 are to be processed via PIPS.

PUNCHING OF TRANSACTIONS FROM "ACTION" SCHEDULES EATS AND COMPOSITE CASES

Pay Period Codes

6.Pay period 03 (effective date 3 August 1995) should be entered.  The day within the pay period field may be left blank.

Keyfast Batch Description

7.The manual transactions for EATS and Composite cases should be punched using keyfast batch description $ PENSIO by cutoff for payday 3 August, 1995.

CONTROL CARDS

8.Control card formats for computer runs are at Attachment A.

CASES WITH SERVICE PENSION AND/OR AN AUSTRALIAN DP COMPONENT TO BE PROCESSED VIA PIPS (Groups 100,200)

9.For all cases involving EATS, Composite or Service Pension, whether automatic or manual method of assessment, the new rate of British pension must be updated on the Client Data Base (CDB) via PIPS.  Due to the change in the British rate, these cases will be "MS" and determined by the delegate, or through manual authority on PIPS only.

10.It will not be necessary to prepare a D408, or equivalent in these cases; the schedule produced for dual SP/EATS/COMP cases to record the changes to the PMF may be used as an authority provided each record on that schedule is endorsed with the consecutive number automatically produced by PIPS and is signed by the delegate determining the case prior to transmission to Pension Payments.  All such cases can be identified from the manual schedules listed by the ALO2, ALO3 runs (i.e. group 100, 200) and the new British rates should be deducted from the examiners' entries on those schedules.

NOTE:  All entries on these schedules must be in Australian dollars.

ADVICES

11.The Advices System will generate an advice in cases where a payment variation is made.  Examiners should action cases in the following manner:

Continuation Cases

12.Unless the total payment varies, the PIPS Advices screen should be accessed and production of an automatic advice suppressed.  The Advice Indicator on the Action Schedule should be set to "Z".

Variation Cases

13.Where a variation in total payments results the PIPS Advice screen should be accessed and the Suppress Income/Asset List Indicator set to "Y".  This will result in production of a variation advice with no income and asset details.  The Advice Indicator on the Action Schedule should be set to "Y".

Computer Processing

14.Computer processing will be performed by MSU.  A list of all relevant cases will be produced on 18 July 1995.

CONTACT OFFICERS

15.The contact officer for this exercise is:

Simone Cantrill(06) 289 6037 (Business Hours)

MURRAY HARRISON

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

INCOME SUPPORT

ATTACHMENT A

CCANTS.CNTL(AL02RUN)

MEMBER AL02

Z1200 — ALL3023802380

Z1100 — ALL3223802380

Z2200 — ALL3323802380

Z2100 — ALL0040014003

Z2200 — ALL0050015004

Z2300 — ALL0057005700

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BRITISH PENSION

RATES CHARTS

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	EXCHANGE RATE VARIATION FROM		2.11	TO	$A2.18
OTHER RANKS - DISABILITY PENSION-EFFECTIVE				03-Aug-95
			OLD	NEW
	CLASS	%	RATE	RATE
			P.F.	P.F.
	V, IV, III, II, I, WO1
		20%	85.33	88.16
		30%	127.99	132.24
		40%	170.66	176.32
		50%	213.32	220.40
		60%	255.99	264.48
		70%	298.65	308.56
		80%	341.31	352.64
		90%	383.98	396.72
		100%	426.64	440.80

OFFICER - DISABILITY PENSION - EFFECTIVE 03 Aug-95

	Exchange Rate $A	2.18
	RANK
	1 Midshipman or Comm Off Navy
	2 Lt. Army
	3 Capt. Army		OLD	NEW
	4 Major Army		RATE	RATE
	5 Lt. Col Army	%	P.F.	P.F.
		20%	85.38	88.22
		30%	128.11	132.36
		40%	170.77	176.43
		50%	213.50	220.58
		60%	256.15	264.65
		70%	298.88	308.80
		80%	341.53	352.86
		90%	384.26	397.01
		100%	426.91	441.08

OFFICERS

SERVICE RETIRED PAY OR SERVICE PENSION - EFFECTIVE   03-Aug-95

   EXCHANGE RATE $A2.18

			OLD	NEW
			RATE	RATE
			P.F.	P.F.
		20%	85.38	88.22
		30%	128.11	132.36
		40%	170.77	176.43
		50%	213.50	220.58
		60%	256.15	264.65
		70%	298.88	308.80
		80%	341.53	352.86
		90%	384.26	397.01
		100%	426.91	441.08

SUPPLEMENTARY  ALLOWANCES

OFFICERS and OTHER RANKS - DISABLEMENT

EXCHANGE RATE $A2.18

			Effective	03-Aug-95	Effective	03-Aug-95
	UNEMPLOYABILITY SUPP.		OFFICERS		OTHER RANKS
			OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
			P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
	Personal Allowance		263.76	272.51	263.54	272.28
	Wife or Adult dependant		148.83	153.77	148.76	153.69
	1st eligible child		41.60	42.98	41.57	42.95
	2nd & subsequent child		46.70	48.25	46.63	48.18
	CONSTANT ATTENDANT		OFFICERS		OTHER RANKS
	ALLOWANCE		OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
			P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
	1.Up to half-day attendance		80.69	83.37	80.60	83.28
	2.Full day attendance - Basic		161.30	166.65	161.20	166.55
	- Intermediate		241.99	250.01	241.81	249.83
	- Exceptional		322.67	333.38	322.41	333.10
	COMFORTS ALLOWANCE		OFFICERS		OTHER RANKS
			OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
			P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
		Higher Rate	69.28	71.58	69.21	71.50
		Lower Rate	34.64	35.79	34.60	35.75
	CLOTHING ALLOWANCE			OFFICERS and OTHER RANKS
			OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
			P.A.	P.A.	P.F.	P.F.
	Higher Rate		272.19	281.22	10.44	10.79
	Lower Rate		173.02	178.76	6.64	6.86
	INVALIDITY ALLOWANCE		OFFICERS		OTHER RANKS
			OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
			P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
	Age on       )         < 40 yrs		52.36	54.10	52.33	54.06
	Qualifying  )         > 40 but < 50 yrs		32.94	34.03	32.92	34.01
	Date           )         > 50 yrs		16.51	17.06	16.46	17.00
	AGE ALLOWANCE		OFFICERS		OTHER RANKS
	When the degree of pensioned		OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
	disablement is :		P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
	a. 40% to 50% - inclusive		28.49	29.43	28.49	29.43
	b. > 50% but not > 70%		43.95	45.40	43.89	45.34
	c. > 70% but not > 90%		62.72	64.80	62.67	64.75
	d. over 90%		87.81	90.72	87.78	90.69

MISCELLANEOUS

EXCHANGE RATE      $A2.18

			Effective	03-Aug-95	Effective	03-Aug-95
	RENT ALLOWANCE (Maximum)			OFFICERS	OTHER RANKS
			OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
			P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
			121.80	125.84	121.75	125.79
	AGE ALLOWANCE			OFFICERS	OTHER RANKS
			OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
			P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
	Widows - Age 65 but under 70		36.74	37.96	36.71	37.93
	Age 70 and over		70.73	73.08	70.69	73.03
	Age 80 and over		105.37	108.87	105.29	108.78

DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED MEMBERS

EXCHANGE RATE      $A2.18

Effective03-Aug-95

WIDOWS  ** HIGHER RATE **	OLD RATE P.F.	NEW RATE P.F.
*******M.O.D.  Payment Included  *******                                                              CLASS V                                                                     V, III,  II,  I,  WO1              Lt Comdr,  Capt, Major,  Sq Ldr              Lt,  Lt,  Capt,  Fl Lt              Sub Lt,  Lt,  Flying Off   Pilot Off              Comms Off	532.38 533.43 540.22 538.92 537.71 535.61	550.04 551.13 558.14 556.80 555.55 553.37

WIDOWS  **M.O.D. PAYMENT**	OLD RATE P.F.	NEW RATE P.F.
Special award for Widows whose husbands completed service          on or before 31 March 1973	210.18	217.15

CHILDREN OF WIDOW OR REMARRIED WIDOW	OLD RATE P.F.	NEW RATE P.F.
1st ELIGIBLE CHILD          2nd and SUBSEQUENT CHILD	59.16 64.18	61.12 66.31

TOTAL ORPHANS and MOTHERLESS CHILDREN	OLD RATE P.F.	NEW RATE P.F.
TOTAL ORPHANS 1st CHILD          2nd and SUBSEQUENT ORPHANS          INFIRM & > 18 -	66.12 71.14 248.54	68.31 73.50 256.79