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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 6A

Concession card definitions

             (1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"automatic issue card" means:

                     (a)  a pensioner concession card; or

                     (b)  an automatic issue health care card.

"automatic issue health care card" means a health care card issued to a person qualified for the card under Subdivision A of Division 3 of Part 2A.1.

"dependant" , in relation to a person who is the holder of a pensioner concession card or an automatic issue health care card (other than a health care card for which the person is qualified under subsection 1061ZK(4)), means a person who is:

                     (a)  the partner; or

                     (b)  a dependent child;

of the holder of the card.

"dependant" , in relation to a person who is the holder of a health care card for which the person is qualified under subsection 1061ZK(4) or Subdivision B of Division 3 of Part 2A.1, means a person who is:

                     (a)  the partner; or

                     (b)  an FTB child;

of the holder of the card.

"dependant" , in relation to a person, other than a child in foster care, who has made a claim for a health care card (the claimant ), means a person who is:

                     (a)  the partner; or

                     (b)  an FTB child;

of the claimant.

             (2)  For the purposes of the operation of a definition of dependant in subsection (1) in relation to a provision of Part 2A.1, a person (the child ) is an FTB child of another person (the adult ) if:

                     (a)  the child is an FTB child of the adult within the meaning of the Family Assistance Act; and

                     (b)  either:

                              (i)  the child is under 16 years of age; or

                             (ii)  the child is 16, but not yet 19, years of age and is undertaking secondary studies.

             (3)  For the purposes of the operation of a definition of dependant in subsection (1) in relation to a provision of this Act (other than a provision of Part 2A.1), a person (the child ) is an FTB child of another person (the adult ) if the child is an FTB child of the adult within the meaning of the Family Assistance Act.



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