DFISA-Like Payments ceased 1 January 2022.
The information below is for historical purposes.
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
Section 118NJ (regulation making power)
Veterans' Entitlements (DFISA-like Payment) Regulations 2015
Part VIIAB, which includes section 118NJ, was repealed by the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Exempting Disability Payments from Income Testing and Other Measures) Act 2021 with effect from 1 January 2022.
The purpose of DFISA-like payments was to recompense those who were qualified for income support payments other than those paid under social security law.
Adjusted disability pension was counted as income for the purposes of the following income support payments administered by the former Department of Education Science and Training (DEST) and the former Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF):
To extend secondary benefits to recipients of DFISA-like payments, whose income support payments were reduced to nil because of the adjusted disability pension:
Adjusted disability pension meant:
The amount of DFISA-like payment was calculated in the same way as the calculation for DFISA. It was the difference between the person's rate of income support payment and what the rate would be if adjusted disability pension were exempt from the assessment, but included in the calculation of any rent assistance entitlement.
DFISA-like payments were payable to a person who was receiving or was eligible to receive income support payments from DEST if their payment was reduced because of the inclusion of adjusted disability pension in the assessment.
Since 1 July 2014, the former Department of Agriculture’s Farm Household Allowance, paid by DHS/Centrelink, did not include adjusted disability pension in the income test of the Farm Household Allowance and thus there was no DFISA-like payment.
20 September 2004
2014 | On 1 July 2014 the Farm Household Support (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014 repealed the Farm Household Support Act 1992. The new Farm Household Support Act 2014 is not subject to DFISA or DFISA-like. |
2022 | Part VIIAB (including section 118NJ – regulation making power) was revoked by the Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Exempting Disability Payments from Income Testing and Other Measures) Act 2021 with effect from 1 January 2022. |
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