Defence Service Homes
National Office Instruction
amending DSH General Orders (1993 edition)
Instruction No. 64
Date of Effect: 13 September 1999
RATES FOR ASSESSING HARDSHIP
Purpose
The purpose of this Instruction is to draw to attention that the scale of Rates for Assessing Hardship in future will be available only on the Intranet.
Background
The Minister's approved guidelines for determining whether a person is suffering financial hardship makes reference, among other things, to Average Weekly Earnings for an adult in full time employment, Maximum rate service pension and Annual amount of DSS pension.
These amounts change regularly and has resulted in regular updates to the General Orders. To streamline operations, it has been decided to discontinue publishing the rates in the General Orders – relying instead on the subsidy data sheet Rates for Assessing Hardship on the Intranet.
General Orders
Attached are amended pages for the Entitlement General Orders reflecting these changes. Please replace the existing pages 55 & 56 with the amended version. This Instruction supersedes NOI 63 which should be removed from your binder.
KEVIN ROSS
Acting Branch Head
Housing & Aged Care
10 September 1999