Last amended: 05 August 2022
VEA → [2]
The current gross rate of an assessable foreign pension is treated as income for DVA [3] purposes whether the payments are made:
No amount is deducted for any bank charges incurred.
The circumstances in which foreign pensions may be excluded from the income test are limited to:
Note: A person assessed as receiving an overseas payment similar in character to Australian war widow(er)'s pension or Disability Compensation Payment may have their DVA war widow(er)'s pension or Disability Compensation Payment reduced on a dollar for dollar basis by the overseas payment.
VEA → [5]
A person who receives an overseas payment similar in character to Australian war widow(er)'s pension is not entitled to receive partner service pension.
VEA → [6]
Most British state pensions [3] (formerly known as British social security pensions) are not indexed when received by Australian residents. Those that are, such as Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit, Jersey and Guernsey pensions, are indexed annually at different times. United Kingdom [3] state pension is only indexed for recipients living in:
More → [7]
Note: If the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit includes an economic loss component, for example, through payment of the associated reduced earnings allowance, then the compensation recovery provisions may apply.
More → [8]
British official public service pensions [3] and armed forces superannuation pensions are indexed every year in line with the UK Retail Price Index.
More → [9]
Other British [3] pensions and other foreign pensions are paid from a variety of sources depending on the person's country of origin and work history. They may be indexed at different times and rates. The foreign currency amount of non-government British and other foreign pensions is only updated when the person notifies a change in the foreign currency amount actually paid to them.
The Pension Service (UK): EEA and Agreement Countries -
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/BritonsLivingAbroad/Moneyabroad/DG_4000013 [20]
Department of Work and Pensions: What is a Social Security Agreement? -
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/international/social-security-agreements [21]
The Department of Veterans' Affairs.
British state pension (formerly British Social Security Pension ) includes:
UK [3] state pensions paid by the Department for Work and Pensions (including the former graduated and retirement pensions and state pension credit).
For social security purposes, the United Kingdom means:
British official public service pensions are those set out in schedule 2 of the UK Pensions (Increase) Act 1971. The scheduled schemes include pensions from the following UK schemes:
For CLIK purposes, British refers to the British Isles:
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/16539%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#tgt-cspol_part10_ftn122
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/%23
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#tgt-cspol_part10_ftn123
[5] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#tgt-cspol_part10_ftn124
[6] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#tgt-cspol_part10_ftn125
[7] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#tgt-cspol_part10_ftn126
[8] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#tgt-cspol_part10_ftn127
[9] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#tgt-cspol_part10_ftn128
[10] clik://LEGIS/VEA/section 5H
[11] clik://LEGIS/VEA/Div 1/Part IIIB
[12] clik://LEGIS/VEA/Div 6/Part IIIB
[13] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#ref-cspol_part10_ftn122
[14] clik://LEGIS/VEA/section 5H(8)
[15] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#ref-cspol_part10_ftn123
[16] clik://LEGIS/VEA/section 30D(1)
[17] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#ref-cspol_part10_ftn124
[18] clik://LEGIS/VEA/section 38C(2)
[19] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#ref-cspol_part10_ftn125
[20] http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/BritonsLivingAbroad/Moneyabroad/DG_4000013
[21] http://www.dwp.gov.uk/international/social-security-agreements
[22] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#ref-cspol_part10_ftn126
[23] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/911-compensation-recovery/9112-general-compensation-recovery-provisions
[24] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#ref-cspol_part10_ftn127
[25] http://sharepoint/programsandprojects/systemguides/advices/Pages/A%20Guide%20to%20Income%20Support%20Automatic%20Advices.aspx#bp
[26] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16539#ref-cspol_part10_ftn128