Determining Severe Financial Hardship - Unavoidable or Reasonable Expenditure

Delegate to consider unavoidable or reasonable expenditure

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.

3.2.2 ISS Eligibility

Last amended: 20 September 2011

Eligibility criteria

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).

Establishing Domicile

Overview

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.     

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