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2.Some of the Departmental Instructions have been incorporated into the General Orders and some have been replaced by more recent instructions.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