Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 48B

             (1)  Seniors supplement is to be paid by instalments.

             (2)  An instalment of seniors supplement is to be paid to a person as soon as is reasonably practicable on or after the first seniors supplement test day (the current test day ) that follows a day on which the person is qualified for seniors supplement.

             (3)  The amount of the instalment is worked out by multiplying the person's daily rate of seniors supplement by the number of days during the test period on which the person was qualified for seniors supplement.

             (4)  In this section:

"seniors supplement test day" means:

                     (a)  20 March; or

                     (b)  20 June; or

                     (c)  20 September; or

                     (d)  20 December.

"test period" means the period:

                     (a)  starting on the most recent supplement test day before the current test day; and

                     (b)  ending on the day immediately before the current test day.