VEA → [2]
VEA → [3]
An eligible pensioner is entitled to receive 98 days of entitlement at the rate that would have been payable had the child not died.
VEA → [4]
The additional components of pension in respect of a dependent child [5] that make up the bereavement payment [5] include:
VEA → [7]
The child related components of pension representing the bereavement payment can be:
VEA → [8]
The pensioner's rate is reassessed at the end of the 98 day bereavement period.
Section 53S [9] VEA - Provision continuing payment during bereavement period
Section 53T [10] VEA - Provision identifying bereavement payment component and enabling lump sum payment
Section 5F(1) of the VEA defines dependent child as having the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1991. For income support purposes, dependent child is defined as:
Child under 16 years
A child under 16 years cannot be considered a dependent child if:
Child 16 years or older
A young person who has turned 16 years but is under 22 years can still be a dependent child of the pensioner if:
A child over 16 years cannot be considered a dependent child if:
Income includes earning from casual, part-time or full-time earnings.
Note: the meaning of a dependent child for DVA income support pension purposes is not the same as the meaning for Family Tax Benefit purposes.
A bereavement payment is an amount payable in respect of a deceased pensioner that represents a continuation of the pensioner's entitlement for a period following the death (the bereavement period).
The payment can be made as:
Remote area allowance is a supplementary payment added to the rate of income support pension where the pensioner's usual place of residence is situated in a remote area, and where the pensioner is physically present in the remote area.
FTB child has the same definition as given in section 22 and 22A of the Family Assistance Act (i.e. A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999).
For more information, see also 9.4.3/Effect of Children on Remote Area Allowance (RAA) CS Policy Library [25].
The income free area is the amount of income that an income support pensioner may receive without suffering any reduction in pension under the income test.
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/15950%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#tgt-cspol_part8_ftn68
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#tgt-cspol_part8_ftn69
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#tgt-cspol_part8_ftn70
[5] https://clik.dva.gov.au/%23
[6] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#tgt-cspol_part8_ftn71
[7] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#tgt-cspol_part8_ftn72
[8] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#tgt-cspol_part8_ftn73
[9] clik://LEGIS/VEA/section 53S
[10] clik://LEGIS/VEA/section 53T
[11] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#ref-cspol_part8_ftn68
[12] clik://LEGIS/VEA/section 53S(1)
[13] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#ref-cspol_part8_ftn69
[14] clik://LEGIS/VEA/section 53T(1)
[15] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#ref-cspol_part8_ftn70
[16] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-5-income-support-allowances-and-benefits/52-remote-area-allowance-raa
[17] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#ref-cspol_part8_ftn71
[18] clik://LEGIS/VEA/section 53T(2)
[19] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#ref-cspol_part8_ftn72
[20] clik://LEGIS/VEA/section 53S(2)
[21] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#ref-cspol_part8_ftn73
[22] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#tgt-SSA_ftn1
[23] http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A04121
[24] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/15950#ref-SSA_ftn1
[25] http://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/94-children/943-effect-children-assessment-income-support-payments/effect-children-remote-area-allowance-raa