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 cases — 100 (with or without SP)
EATS cases — 200 (with or without SP)
Other overseas pensions — 300 (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
Z1200 — ALL3023802380
Z1100 — ALL3223802380
Z2200 — ALL3323802380
Z2100 — ALL0040014003
Z2200 — ALL0050045004
Z2300 — ALL0057005700
BRITISH PENSION
RATES CHARTS
EXCHANGE RATE VARIATION FROM 2.27 — TO$A2.10
OTHER RANKS - DISABILITY PENSION-EFFECTIVE — 16-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
RSPYAL01 — Listing of cases requiring manual action (Z cards in CPP.BRITRVAL.CNTL(AL02RUN1)
RSPYAL02
RSPYAL03
RSPYAL04
OUTPUTS — Listing Journal: Schedules - use 3 part paper and double spacing.
$PPBBSPR — Report of Service Pensioners with British DP