Last updated 21 December 2006
[glossary:Crisis payment:522] for a person who remains in the family home after being subjected to [glossary:domestic or family violence:35] is intended to assist with minor repairs to the home e.g. replacing or re-keying locks, or repairing or replacing essential household items.
A delegate should exercise their discretion in determining whether a person is in severe financial hardship by having reasonable regard to the unavoidable or reasonable expenditure of the person in comparison to the maximum annual rate of pension. The capacity for non-dependent household members to contribute to the day to day costs of living should also be considered.
Last amended: What is a lump sum advance
Advance payment of pension and income support supplement
Section 79B VEA through to Section 79S VEA
Last amended: 15 August 2022
Last amended: 20 September 2011
To be eligible for [glossary:Income Support Supplement:118] [glossary:(:][glossary:ISS:118][glossary:),:] the person must be eligible for a war widows' pension or a war widowers' pension paid under the VEA, or be a wholly dependent partner eligible to receive compensation under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (MRCA).
In order to establish a member of the forces of a [glossary:Commonwealth country:67] or [glossary:allied country:388] eligibility to benefits, domicile must be established. Below are details of how to establish domicile if a claimant states that it has changed.
