Payability refers to whether or not a pension or benefit is payable to a person. A person may meet the basic eligibility criteria for a pension or benefit but that pension or benefit may not be payable to them for a number of reasons such as:
- income or assets in excess of the relevant limits
- failure to provide a tax file number;
- receipt of another pension or benefit;
- compensation recovery action;
- overpayment recovery action;
- failure to take reasonable action to obtain a comparable foreign pension; or
- imprisonment.