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

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

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

Instrument 2017 No. R54

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 6th day of December 2017

Mark Harrigan ………………………………………………………… 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.