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9.2 Residential Situation

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In this chapter

  • 9.2.1 Overview
  • 9.2.2 Basic Principles of Assessment
  • 9.2.3 Additional Assessment Rules for Certain Types of Residences
  • 9.2.4 In Care - Assessment Rules
  • 9.2.5 Special Residence - Assessment Rules
  • 9.2.6 Reasonableness Test
  • 9.2.7 Departure from the Principal Home

This chapter outlines the rules on assessing a person's residence.

See Also

Residential Situations

Chapter 5.1 Rent Assistance

Chapter 9.3 Marital Status

Chapter 9.6 Deprivation of Income and Assets


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Part 9 Principles for Determining Pension Rate

  • 9.2 Residential Situation
    • 9.2.1 Overview
    • 9.2.2 Basic Principles of Assessment
      • Principal Home
      • Married Couples Living Apart
      • Homeowner's Basic Assessment Rules
      • Non-Homeowner's Basic Assessment Rules
      • Amount of Rent Paid
    • 9.2.3 Additional Assessment Rules for Certain Types of Residences
      • House and Curtilage
      • Private Land Use Test
      • Extended Land Use Test
      • Mobile Home
      • Company Title Property
      • Home Owned by Private Company
      • Self-Contained Flat Attached to Home
      • Business Conducted from Home
      • Dual Occupancy Situations
    • 9.2.4 In Care - Assessment Rules
      • Types of Care Situations
      • Respite Care
      • In Care Assessment Rules
      • Aged Care Means Testing
    • 9.2.5 Special Residence - Assessment Rules
      • Overview of Special Residences
      • Entry Contribution
      • Special Residence - Basic Assessment Rules
      • Granny Flat Arrangements
      • Sale Leaseback Arrangements
      • Supported Residential Services
    • 9.2.6 Reasonableness Test
      • When to Apply the Reasonableness Test
      • The Deprivation Formula
      • Conversion Factor Table
    • 9.2.7 Departure from the Principal Home
      • Sale or Deprivation of Home
      • Temporary Absence
      • Extension of Home Proceeds Exemption
      • Vacation of Granny Flat
      • Entering Care
      • Departure from Aged Care
  • 9.1 Income and Assets Test Principles
    • 9.1.1 Overview of Income and Assets Test Principles
    • 9.1.2 The Assessment Process
      • Assessment Process for Service Pension Payable to Non-War Widow/Widower-Pensioners
      • Service Pension Rate Calculation Process
      • Assessment Process for Service Pension Payable to War Widow/Widower-Pensioners
      • Assessment Process for ISS
    • 9.1.3 The Income and Assets Tests
      • The Income and Assets Test - General Provisions
      • The Income Test
      • The Assets Test
    • 9.1.4 Application of the Assessed Rate of Pension
      • Adjustments to an Assessed Rate
      • Reductions or Increases in Rate of Service Pension or ISS
      • Deductions from Pension Payments
    • 9.1.5 Order of Reduction
  • 9.3 Relationship Status
    • 9.3.1 Overview of Relationship Status
    • 9.3.2 Member of a Couple
      • Definitions for Member of a Couple Status
      • Illness Separated and Respite Care Couple
      • De facto Relationship
      • Factors Considered to Assess a De facto Relationship Exists
      • Regarding a Member of a Couple as Not a Member of a Couple
    • 9.3.3 Not a Member of a Couple
      • Definitions for Not a Member of a Couple Status
      • Separation and Income Support Eligibility
      • Living Separately and Apart
      • Separated Under One Roof
    • 9.3.4 Effect of Relationship Status on Rate
      • Effect of Relationship Status on Rate Payable
      • Member of a Couple Rate
      • Not a Member of a Couple Rate
  • 9.4 Children
    • 9.4.1 Overview of Children
    • 9.4.2 Effect of Children on Eligibility for Income Support Pensions, Benefits and Allowances
    • 9.4.3 Effect of Children on Assessment of Income Support Payments
      • Effect of Children on Ordinary/Adjusted Income Free Area
      • Effect of Children on Remote Area Allowance (RAA)
      • Effect of Children on Rent Assistance, Maintenance Income, Bereavement and other means test provisions
    • 9.4.4 Payments in Respect of Saved Children
  • 9.5 Deeming Provisions
    • 9.5.1 Overview of Deeming Provisions
    • 9.5.2 General Provisions for Deeming
      • Operation of Deeming
      • Scope of Deeming
      • Deeming Rate Calculation - Service Pension Couple
      • Investment Information Systems
    • 9.5.3 Exemptions from Deeming
      • General Exemptions from Deeming
      • Special Exemptions from Deeming
    • 9.5.4 Deeming of Savings Investments
      • Description - Cash & Accounts
      • Description - Loans, Bills, Debentures, Notes, Bullion & Equalisation Deposits
      • Description - Government & Semi-government Bonds
      • Description - Sale of Principal Home or Other Property
    • 9.5.5 Deeming of Shares Investments
      • Deemed Income from Listed Securities, Derivative Investments & Foreign Shareholdings
      • Deemed Income from Unlisted Public Securities, Delisted & Suspended Shares
      • Forms of Income from Share Investments
      • Description - Forms of Income from Share Investments
      • Description - Listed Securities
      • Description - Derivative Investments
      • Description - Foreign Shareholdings & Exempt Stock Markets
    • 9.5.6 Deeming of Managed Investments
      • Income from Life Insurance Products - Conventional Policies
      • Deemed Income from Life Insurance Products Regarded as Managed Investments
      • Deemed Income from Public Unit Trust Investments
      • Deemed Income from Superannuation & Roll-over Investments
      • Deemed Income from Other Managed Investments
      • Description - Other Managed Investments
    • 9.5.7 Deemed Income from Account-Based Income Streams
  • 9.6 Deprivation of Income and Assets
    • 9.6.1 Overview of Deprivation Provisions
    • 9.6.2 General Provisions of Deprivation
    • 9.6.3 Disposal Date for Deprived Income and Assets
    • 9.6.4 Treatment of Income and Assets Disposals
    • 9.6.5 Deprivation of Assets - Effect on Income
    • 9.6.6 Deprivation Related to Trusts and Private Companies
    • 9.6.7 Deprivation Related to Deceased Estates and Separation
    • 9.6.8 Deprivation Related to Home and Accommodation Transfers
    • 9.6.9 Deprivation Related to Farm Transfers
    • 9.6.10 Deprivation Related to Private Annuities
  • 9.7 Statutory Increases
    • 9.7.1 Overview of Statutory Increases
    • 9.7.2 Indexation of Pensions and Allowances
      • CPI
      • PBLCI
      • MTAWE
      • Effect of Negative CPI, PBLCI or MTAWE
      • How Certain Pensions and Allowances are Indexed
    • 9.7.3 Indexation Timetable
      • Income Support
      • Compensation
      • Non-indexed Payments and Rates
    • 9.7.4 Historical Information
  • 9.8 Guide to the Assessment of Rates of Veterans' Pensions (GARP)
    • 9.8.1 Overview of GARP
    • 9.8.2 What is GARP?
    • 9.8.3 Elements of the Degree of Incapacity
      • Medical Impairment
      • Lifestyle Effects
    • 9.8.4 Degree of Incapacity and Assessment of Pension
    • 9.8.5 Chapter 1 – Cardiorespiratory Impairment
    • 9.8.6 Chapter 3 - Impairment of Spine and Limbs
    • 9.8.7 Chapter 7 - Ear, Nose & Throat Conditions
    • 9.8.8 GARP Chapter 10 Sexual Function, Reproduction, and Breasts
  • 9.9 Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) Cases
  • 9.10 Compensation Offsetting
    • Overview of Compensation Offsetting
    • 9.10.2 Compensation Offsetting and Award of Compensation or Damages
    • 9.10.3 Compensation Offsetting and Disability Compensation Payment
    • 9.10.4 Compensation Offsetting and War Widow's/Widower's Pension or Orphan's Pension
    • 9.10.5 Recovery of treatment costs (s93)
  • 9.11 Compensation Recovery
    • 9.11.1 Overview of Compensation Recovery
    • 9.11.2 General Compensation Recovery Provisions
      • Application of Compensation Recovery Provisions
      • Compensation Payments Excluded from Part IIIC Compensation Recovery Provisions
      • Requirements to Claim for Compensation
      • Application of the Special Circumstances Provisions
    • 9.11.3 Lump Sum Compensation Payments
      • General Provisions for Lump Sum Compensation Payments
      • Treatment of Certain Lump Sum Compensation Payments
      • Assessment of Lump Sum Compensation Payments
      • Duration of Lump Sum Preclusion Period
      • Workers' Compensation
    • 9.11.4 Periodic Compensation Payments
  • 9.12 - Defence Abuse Reparation Scheme

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