Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 954

             (1)  A person is qualified for carer allowance for a disabled adult (the care receiver ) if:

                     (a)  the care receiver is an Australian resident; and

                     (b)  the care receiver is a family member of the person or is a person approved in writing by the Secretary for the purposes of this paragraph; and

                     (c)  the care receiver has been assessed and rated under the Adult Disability Assessment Tool and given a score under that assessment tool of at least 30, being a score calculated on the basis of a professional questionnaire score of at least 12; and

                     (d)  because of the disability from which the care receiver is suffering, the care receiver receives care and attention on a daily basis from the person, or the person together with another person, in a private home that is the residence of the person and the care receiver; and

                      (f)  the person is an Australian resident.

Note 1:       For family member see subsection 23(1). For Australian resident see section 7.

Note 2:       For qualification for carer allowance in circumstances of hospitalisation, see section 955.

Note 4:       For the effect of temporary cessation of care and attention on carer allowance, see section 957.

Note 5:       For the effect of 2 people being qualified for carer allowance, see sections 964 and 965.

Disabled adult does not qualify for carer allowance for another disabled adult

             (2)  If a person is qualified for carer allowance for a disabled adult, the disabled adult is not able to qualify for carer allowance for another disabled adult.

Person cannot qualify for more than 2 carer allowances

             (3)  A person may qualify for carer allowance under this section and/or section 954A for 2, but no more than 2, disabled adults.