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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 No. 46, 1991 - SECT 93

Qualification for fringe benefits
93. (1) A person who is receiving an age pension is qualified for fringe
benefits if:

   (a)  the person is permanently blind; or

   (b)  the person's age pension rate is neither income reduced nor assets
        reduced.

(2) If:

   (a)  a person who is receiving an age pension is not qualified for fringe
        benefits under subsection (1); and

   (b)  the person's age pension rate is income reduced; the person is
        qualified for fringe benefits only if the person satisfies the fringe
        benefits ordinary income test. Note: the Fringe Benefits
        Ordinary Income Test Calculator at the end of section 1071 is to be
        used in working out whether a person satisfies the fringe benefits
        ordinary income test.

(3) If:

   (a)  a person who is receiving an age pension is not qualified for fringe
        benefits under subsection (1); and

   (b)  the person's age pension rate is assets reduced; the person is
        qualified for fringe benefits only if the person satisfies the fringe
        benefits assets test. Note: the Fringe Benefits Assets Test Calculator
        at the end of section 1072 is to be used in working out whether a
        person satisfies the fringe benefits assets test. 


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