Applications for a duplicate card are accepted from a custodial parent or couple only. No applications are to be accepted from non-custodial parents. The duplicate card is issued to the custodial parent who can then pass the card to the non-custodial parent. The issue of a duplicate card follows the Department's policy that any medical or pharmaceutical concessions for which the children are eligible should continue to be available to them during these absences.
Non-custodial parents lose the facility to use the duplicate card on a child's behalf if the:
Given the low number of cards issued and the fact that the cards are only valid for a 12 month period, no attempt is made to recover cards issued to non-custodial parents who have lost eligibility for the card.
A service pension is an income support payment broadly equivalent to the social security age and disability support pensions. It may be paid once a veteran or partner has reached the nominated age or is incapacitated for work.
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.
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/16192%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/%23
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16192#tgt-SSA_ftn1
[4] http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A04121
[5] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16192#ref-SSA_ftn1