11.7.2 How Payments and Benefits may be Affected
Pension and payment instalments
For the purpose of imprisonment, a pension instalment includes:
- [glossary:service pension:245] or
- [glossary:income support supplement:118], and
- [glossary:rent assistance:367]
- [glossary:remote area allowance:680]
- [glossary:pension supplement:195]
- [glossary:Energy Supplement :3157] for service pension
- veteran payment
Other payments that may be affected
Other payments that may be affected include:
11.4.4 Transfers Between Portable Pensions
Last amended: 23 September 2009
VEA→
No requirement to be Australian resident and in Australia
A person who is overseas and is receiving a portable pension from either DVA or [glossary:Centrelink:441] can in certain circumstances transfer to a DVA pension that is also portable without need to be an Australian resident and in Australia at the time of claiming the new pension.
Effective Dates for General Variations
Last updated 25 November 2008
Dates of effect for reductions, suspensions or cancellations
VEA →
Section 56H VEA - adverse determination
11.4.1 Overview of Portability
What is Portability
“Portability” is the term used to refer to the entitlement of a person to continue to receive an Australian pension, associated supplements and allowances while overseas.
What pensions are portable
Both service pension and income support supplement are portable, except in certain circumstances where a person claims such a pension during a short-term period of residency in Australia.
Clean energy advance payments may also be impacted by a period of absence greater than 6 weeks.
Resources Available to Delegates to Assist in Decision Making
Last amended: 15 June 2011
Use of resources to achieve consistency in decision making
The decision on a case is made based on the level of satisfaction of the delegate based on the available evidence. However this may involve some degree of subjectivity. A delegate should use available resources to achieve consistency in the decision making process.