SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 48B Payment of energy supplement

SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 48B

  (1)   Energy supplement under Part   2.25B of the 1991 Act is to be paid by instalments.

  (2)   An instalment of energy supplement is to be paid to a person as soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of an instalment period.

  (3)   The amount of the instalment is worked out by:

  (a)   working out the amount of the person's energy supplement for each day in the instalment period; and

  (b)   adding up the amounts resulting from paragraph   (a).

  (4)   In this section:

"instalment period" means a period:

  (a)   in relation to each day of which energy supplement is payable to the person; and

Note:   For when energy supplement is payable to the person, see section   1061UA of the 1991 Act.

  (b)   that either begins on any 20   March, 20   June, 20   September or 20   December or does not include any such day; and

  (c)   that either ends on any 19   March, 19   June, 19   September or 19   December or does not include any such day; and

  (d)   that is not included in a longer instalment period.