Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

Veterans’ Entitlements (Exempt Lump Sum – Tasmanian Special Energy Bonus Scheme) Determination 2017

I, MARK HARRIGAN, delegate of the Repatriation Commission, make the following determination for paragraph 5H(12)(c) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

Dated this 6^th day of December 2017

Mark Harrigan

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MARK HARRIGAN

1       Name

            This determination is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Exempt Lump Sum – Tasmanian Special Energy Bonus Scheme) Determination 2017.

2       Commencement

This determination commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 1 December 2017.

3       Authority

This determination is made under paragraph 5H(12)(c) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

4       Definitions

            In this determination:

“special energy bonus payment” means a payment made by Aurora Energy Pty Ltd under the Tasmanian Special Energy Bonus Scheme;

“income support supplement” means the payment called the income support supplement payable under Part IIIA of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986;

“service pension” has the meaning given to service pension in subsection 5Q(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986;

“Tasmanian Special Energy Bonus Scheme” means the scheme operated by the Tasmanian Government to provide a one-off special energy bonus payment to eligible Pensioner Concession Card holders and eligible Commonwealth Seniors Health Card holders to reduce the impact of cost of living pressures.

5       Exempt lump sum

If a person or a person’s partner receives a special energy bonus payment and the person is eligible for, or in receipt of a service pension or income support supplement, then the amount of the special energy bonus payment received by the person or the person’s partner is an exempt lump sum.