Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1993 No. 61, 1993 - SECT 12

12. After Part 3.7 of the Principal Act the following Part is inserted:

"PART 3.9-SENIORS HEALTH CARD
ORDINARY INCOME TEST CALCULATOR Seniors Health Card Ordinary Income Test
Calculator

"1071. The Seniors Health Card Ordinary Income Test Calculator at the end of
this section is to be used in working out whether a person satisfies the
seniors health card ordinary income test for the purposes of this Act.
SENIORS HEALTH CARD ORDINARY INCOME TEST CALCULATOR Satisfying the seniors
health card ordinary income test

"1071-1. This is how to work out whether a person satisfies the seniors health
card ordinary income test:
Method statement
Step 1. Work out the amount of the person's ordinary income on a yearly basis.
Note: For the treatment of the ordinary income of members of a couple see
point 1071-2 Step 2.
Step 2. Work out the person's seniors health card ordinary income limit using
point 1071-3.
Step 3. Work out whether the person's ordinary income exceeds the person's
seniors health card ordinary income limit.
Step 4. If the person's ordinary income is less than the person's seniors
health card ordinary income limit, the person satisfies the seniors health
card ordinary income test.
Step 5. If the person's ordinary income is equal to or exceeds the person's
seniors health card ordinary income limit, the person does not satisfy the
seniors health card ordinary income test. Note: The application of the
ordinary income test is affected by provisions concerning:
. investment income (sections 1073 to 1099);
. attributed (deemed) income (sections 1099A to 1099Q);
. disposal of income (sections 1106 to 1112). Ordinary income of members of
couples

"1071-2. If a person is a member of a couple, add the couple's ordinary
incomes (on a yearly basis) and divide by 2 to work out the amount of the
person's ordinary income for the purposes of this Part. Seniors health card
ordinary income limit

"1071-3. A person's seniors health card ordinary income limit is worked out
using the Seniors Health Card Ordinary Income Limit Table. Work out which
family situation in the Table applies to the person. The person's seniors
health card ordinary income limit is the corresponding amount in column 3 plus
an additional corresponding amount in column 4 for each dependent child of the
person.
SENIORS HEALTH CARD ORDINARY INCOME LIMIT TABLE
column 1
item
column 2
person's family situation
column 3
amount per year
column 4
additional dependent child amount per year
1.
Not member of couple
$18,787.60
$624.00
2.
Partnered
$15,646.80
$624.00
3.
Member of illness separated couple
$18,475.60
$624.00
4.
Member of respite care couple
$18,475.60
$624.00
5.
Partnered (partner in gaol)
$18,475.60
$624.00 Note 1: For 'member of couple', 'partnered', 'illness separated
couple',
'respite care couple' and 'partnered (partner in gaol)' see section 4. Note 2:
For 'dependent child' see section 5. Note 3: The ordinary income limit amounts
are adjusted 4 times per year in line with CPI changes (see section 1206C).
Adjustment of ordinary income limits before this Part commences

"1071-4. The amounts in column 3 of the Seniors Health Card Ordinary Income
Limit Table in point 1071-3 are to be adjusted on 20 September 1993, 1 January
1994, 20 March 1994 and 1 July 1994 under section 1206C as if that section had
commenced on 20 September 1993.".