B02/1990 DEPARTMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY BENEFITS DIVISION DURING 1989

DATE OF ISSUE:  02 January 1990

DEPARTMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY BENEFITS DIVISION DURING 1989

Attached is a list of Departmental Instructions issued by the Benefits Division during 1989.

2.Some of the Departmental Instructions have been incorporated into the General Orders and some have been replaced by more recent instructions.  These may be useful for general reference purposes but need no longer be retained.

3.Copies of all instructions are available from the Benefits Documentation Unit, Central Office, and may be obtained by contacting Jonathan Levy on (062) 82 5196.

John Rosa

Benefits Documentation Unit

Number — Title — Contact Officer

B01/89 — Garnished Powers Under the Vea and — R Harrison

The SWP&A - s205A AND 55C

B02/89 — Income Test Treatment of Market-Linked — K Faulkner

Investments

B03/89 — Departmental Instructions Issued by J Levy

Benefits Division During 1988

B04/89 — British Retirement Income, Effect Upon — R Moore

Service Pension of Variations in

Exchange Rates

B05/89 — Departmentally Initiated Reviews (DIRs)R Moore

Assets Reviews

B06/89 — Rent Assistance - Policy & Legislation — M Galt

Update

B07/89 — Statutory Pension Increase 15 June 1989 — R Moore

ADP Processing

B08/89 — Amendments to the Eligibility Handbook — P Stevenson

B09/89 — Campaign Medals and the Farrow Case — M Molloy

B10/89 — Rent Assistance for Married Couples C McCorry

Living Apart but not Permanently

Separated

B11/89 — Amendment to General Orders Service I Wilson

Pension

B12/89 — Clarification of Department Instruction — F Geurts

B01/89 (Garnishee Powers Under the VEA

and the SWP&AA sections 205A and 55C)

B13/89 — Telephone Rental Concession - Voucher — C White

Based System

B14/89 — Statutory Pension Increase 13 July 1989 — R Moore

Additional Pension for Children - ADP

Processing

B15/89 — Rent Assistance - Implementation and C McCorry

On-Going Procedures

B16/89 — Section 15 of the VEA - Meaning of the — R Garvan

Term "Finally Determined"

B17/89 — C'Wealth Superannuation and Defence R Moore

Force Retirement & Death Benefit

Pension Increases - Effect on Service

Pension

B18/89 — Combined Currency Adjustment & General — R Moore              Increase to British Disability Pensions

Paid in Australia

B19/89 — 1989 Income Limits for Student Children — P Stevenson

B20/89 — Conduct of an Overseas Income Survey — F Geurts

Arising from the April 1989 Economic

Statement

B21/89 — Extension of Benefits to Australian — R Garvan

Service Personnel Serving In Namibia

B22/89 — Continuation of Claims/Applications By — R Garvan

the Legal Personal Representative or

other Authorised Representative Following

a Person's Death

B23/89 — Rent Assistance - Policy & Legislation — M Galt

Update

B24/89 — New Zealand Pensions General Increase -R Moore

1 April 1989

B25/89 — Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment — M Molloy

Act 1989 - Changes Affecting Income

Support

B26/89 — Currency Adjustments to British R Moore

Disability Pensions Paid in Australia

B27/89 — Obtaining Information: Commonwealth — P Stevenson               Superannuation and DFRDB Recipients

B28/89 — Commonwealth Superannuation & Defence R Moore

Force Retirement Benefit and Death

Benefit Pension Increases - Effect on

Service Pension - 16 November 1989

B29/89 — British Retirement Income (BRI) Effect — L Green

Effect Upon Service Pension of

Variations in the Exchange Rate of

Pounds Sterling

B30/89 — Statutory Pension Increase 16 Nov 1989 — R Moore

ADP Processing

B31/89 — Issue of the 1990 Pensioner Concession — R Moore

Cards and Vouchers Produced November

1989

B32/89 — Currency Adjustments to British Dis-R Moore

Disability Pensions Paid in Australia

B33/89 — Grant of Telephone Rental Concessions — C White

to All World War 1 Veterans

B34/89 — Revaluations of Property Assets 1989/90 — G Del Casale

B35/89 — Carer's Pension for Non-Relatives and — F Widawski

Bar to Dual Eligibility for Carer's

Pension and Attendants

B36/89 — Respite Care — G Stronach

B37/89 — Statutory Pension Increases-Additional — R Moore

Pension for Guardians Allowance from

11 January 1990 - ADP Procedures

B38/89 — Statutory Pension Increases-Education — R Moore

Allowance and Orphan's Pension from

11 January 1990 -ADP Procedures

B39/89 — Disregard Imputed Value of Free Board — G Stronach

and Lodging

B40/89 — Home Equity Conversion — P Rogers

B41/89 — Financial Information Service — P Loiterton

for Pensioners (FISP)

B42/89 — Extension of Disability Pension to J Speare

the Wife/Husband of a Deceased

Veteran

B43/89 — Social Security and Veterans' Affairs — S Webb

Legislation Amendment Bills (Nos 3 &

4) 1989 - Income Support Items