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B07/1995 EXCHANGE RATE ADJUSTMENTS TO BRITISH DISABILITY PENSIONS PAID IN AUSTRALIA

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DATE OF ISSUE:  27 JANUARY 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 16 February 1995.  The exchange rate will vary from $A2.27 to $A2.10 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 30 January 1995, in groups made up of the following:

Group Content Group Reference

Composite cases100 (with or without SP)

EATS cases200 (with or without SP)

Other overseas pensions300 (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 69 (effective date 16 February, 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 16 February, 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".

NCC Implications

14.This processing is scheduled for 30 January, 1995.  Please note that all States wish to have cases listed in file number order within groups of Composite/EATS and Other.

CONTACT OFFICERS

15.The contact officer for this exercise is:

Simone Cantrill(06) 289 6037 (Business Hours)

DON FAGET

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY

PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

ATTACHMENT A

CCANTS.CNTL(AL02RUN1)

MEMBER AL02

Z1200ALL3023802380

Z1100ALL3223802380

Z2200ALL3323802380

Z2100ALL0040014003

Z2200ALL0050045004

Z2300ALL0057005700

BRITISH PENSION

RATES CHARTS

EXCHANGE RATE VARIATION FROM 2.27TO$A2.10

OTHER RANKS - DISABILITY PENSION-EFFECTIVE16-Feb-95

OLDNEW

CLASS%RATERATE

P.F.P.F.

V, IV, III, II, I, WO1

20%89.8083.08

30%134.70124.61

40%179.60166.15

50%224.50207.69

60%269.40249.23

70%314.30290.77

80%359.20332.30

90%404.11373.84

100%449.01415.38

OFFICER - DISABILITY PENSION - EFFECTIVE 16-Feb-95

Exchange Rate $A2.10

RANK

1 Midshipman or Comm Off Navy

  2 Lt. Army

    3 Capt. ArmyOLD NEW

      4 Major ArmyRATERATE

         5 Lt. Col Army%P.F.P.F.

20%89.8583.13

30%134.78124.69

40%179.71166.25

50%224.72207.89

60%269.65249.46

70%314.58291.02

80%359.51332.58

90%404.43374.15

100%449.36415.71

OFFICERS

SERVICE RETIRED PAY OR SERVICE PENSION - EFFECTIVE16-Feb-95

   EXCHANGE RATE $A2.10

OLDNEW

RATERATE

P.F.P.F.

20%89.8583.13

30%134.78124.69

40%179.71166.25

50%224.72207.89

60%269.65249.46

70%314.58291.02

80%359.51332.58

90%404.43374.15

100%449.36415.71

SUPPLEMENTARY  ALLOWANCES

OFFICERS and OTHER RANKS - DISABLEMENT

EXCHANGE RATE $A2.10

Effective 16-Feb-95Effective 16-Feb-95

UNEMPLOYABILITY SUPP.  OFFICERSOTHER RANKS

OLD NEWOLDNEW

RATERATERATERATE

P.F.P.F.P.F.P.F.

Personal Allowance277.57256.79277.39256.62

Wife or Adult dependant 156.72144.99156.63144.90

1st eligible child44.4941.1644.4941.16

2nd & subsequent child49.9846.2349.9446.20

CONSTANT ATTENDANT OFFICERS     OTHER RANKS

ALLOWANCEOLD NEW OLDNEW

RATERATERATERATE

P.F.P.F.P.F.P.F.

1.Up to half-day attendance84.9878.6184.9078.54

2.Full day attendance - Basic169.96157.23169.80157.08

Intermediate254.85235.76254.69235.62

Exceptional339.83314.38339.59314.16

COMFORTS ALLOWANCEOFFICERS                  OTHER RANKS

OLD NEWOLDNEW

RATERATERATERATE

P.F.P.F.P.F.P.F.

Higher Rate72.7067.2672.6467.20

Lower Rate36.3133.5936.3233.60

CLOTHING ALLOWANCEOFFICERS and OTHER RANKS

OLD NEWOLDNEW

RATERATERATERATE

P.A.P.A.P.F.P.F.

Higher Rate286.02264.6010.9710.15

Lower Rate181.60168.006.976.44

INVALIDITY ALLOWANCEOFFICERS                      OTHER RANKS

OLD NEWOLDNEW

RATERATERATERATE

P.F.P.F.P.F.P.F.

Age on       )      < 40 yrs55.2051.0755.1651.03

Qualifying  )      > 40 but < 50 yrs34.5731.9834.5031.92

Date           )      > 50 yrs17.2415.9517.2515.96

AGE ALLOWANCEOFFICERS                      OTHER RANKS

When the degree of pensionedOLD NEWOLDNEW disablement is :              RATE              RATE              RATE              RATE

P.F.P.F.P.F.P.F.

a. 40% to 50% - inclusive29.9527.7129.9627.72

b. > 50% but not > 70%46.3242.8546.3142.84

c. > 70% but not > 90%66.0861.1466.0661.11

d. over 90%92.6485.7092.6285.68

   MISCELLANEOUS

EXCHANGE RATE $A2.10

Effective 16-Feb-95Effective 16-Feb-95

RENT ALLOWANCE (Maximum)OFFICERSOTHER RANKS

OLDNEWOLDNEW

RATERATERATERATE

P.F.P.F.P.F.P.F.

128.34118.73128.26118.65

AGE ALLOWANCEOFFICERSOTHER RANKS

OLD NEWOLDNEW

RATERATERATERATE

P.F.P.F.P.F.P.F.

Widows - Age 65 but under 7038.6635.7638.5935.70

                Age 70 and over74.5368.9574.4668.88

                Age 80 and over110.84102.54110.78102.48

DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED MEMBERS

EXCHANGE RATE$A2.10

Effective 16-Feb-95Effective 16-Feb-95

WIDOWS  ** HIGHER RATE **OLD RATENEW RATE

******M.O.D.  Payment Included  ******P.F.P.F.

CLASS V560.40518.43

       IV, III,  II,  I,  WO1561.53519.48

Lt Comdr,  Capt,  Major,  Sq Ldr568.66526.08

Lt,  Lt,  Capt, Fl Lt 567.36524.87

Sub Lt,  Lt,  Flying Off   Pilot Off566.05   523.66

Comms Off563.79521.57

WIDOWS  ** M.O.D. PAYMENT **OLDNEW

RATERATE

P.F.P.F.

Special award for Widows whose husbands completed service              P.F.              P.F.

on or before 31 March 1973.221.26204.69

CHILDREN OF WIDOW OR REMARRIED WIDOWOLD RATE              NEW RATE

                            P.F.              P.F.

1st ELIGIBLE CHILD                            63.12              58.40

2nd and SUBSEQUENT CHILD                            68.61              63.47

   TOTAL ORPHANS and MOTHERLESS CHILDREN              OLD RATE              NEW RATE

              P.F.              P.F.

TOTAL ORPHANS   1st CHILD              70.44              65.16

2nd and SUBSEQUENT ORPHANS75.8470.16

INFIRM & > 18 -               261.73              242.13

ATTACHMENT C

TIMETABLE FOR BRITISH DEVALUATION

EFFECTIVE 16 FEBRUARY 1995

Processing Date:30 January 1995

RUNPURPOSE

RSPYAL01Listing of cases requiring manual action (Z cards in CPP.BRITRVAL.CNTL(AL02RUN1)

RSPYAL02

RSPYAL03

RSPYAL04

OUTPUTSListing Journal:  Schedules - use 3 part paper and double spacing.

$PPBBSPRReport of Service Pensioners with British DP