Policy

Last amended: 5 January 2006

Eligibility criteria for RAA

Note: Seniors supplement was paid from 20 September 2009 to 20 June 2015.  The following information is provided for historical purposes only.

Annual rate

Which pension is being deferred may affect bonus

It is possible for a person to be registered for deferral of two pensions at the same time, eg [glossary:age pension:675] and [glossary:service pension:245]. However, only one pension bonus can be claimed. As different age criteria apply, service pension bonus periods accrued before [glossary:age pension age:469] cannot be used for age pension bonus purposes.

Last amended: 30 August 2011

Ineligible property owner

Last amended 17 December 2012

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for [glossary:pension supplement:195] (PSup) a pensioner must be a recipient of an invalidity service pension, age service pension or partner service pension.    

Last amended: 22 April 2014

This section outlines the four types of membership of the pension bonus scheme.

Work continuity

In addition to deferring receipt of age income support pension, eligibility for the pension bonus scheme requires the person or their partner to maintain an attachment to the workforce whilst in the scheme.    

This section outlines the requirements that must be met in order for participation in RASF to be considered for a particular [glossary:sugarcane farm:618] transfer.