Duplicate PCC to custodial parents
Applications for a duplicate card are accepted from a custodial parent or couple only. No applications are to be accepted from non-custodial parents. The duplicate card is issued to the custodial parent who can then pass the card to the non-custodial parent. The issue of a duplicate card follows the Department's policy that any medical or pharmaceutical concessions for which the children are eligible should continue to be available to them during these absences.
Loss of duplicate PCC
Non-custodial parents lose the facility to use the duplicate card on a child's behalf if the:
- person on whom the child is dependant loses service pension eligibility/payability or dies, or
- child ceases to be a dependent child.
Given the low number of cards issued and the fact that the cards are only valid for a 12 month period, no attempt is made to recover cards issued to non-custodial parents who have lost eligibility for the card.