34Prescribed payments

34 Prescribed payments

(1) For paragraph (b) of the definition of income in subsection 66A(4) of the applied Assessment Act, the following payments are prescribed: (a) payments, in the nature of an amenity allowance or gratuity, authorised by the Governor of a prison, to a person serving a term of imprisonment in the prison, to the extent that the payment is not for: (i) work done by the person inside or outside the prison; or (ii) approved study undertaken by the person inside or outside the prison; or (iii) participation by the person in any other program approved by the Governor; (b) support pension payments of the following kind: (i) disability support pension paid to a person under the social security law; (ii) pension paid to a veteran who is totally and permanently incapacitated as mentioned in paragraph 24(1)(b) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986; (iii) Special Rate Disability Pension paid to a person under Part 6 of Chapter 4 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004. (2) For paragraph (1)(b), a support pension is a pension that, in the opinion of the Registrar, is substantially used for the support of the pension recipient. (3) In this regulation:

amenity allowance or gratuity means periodical payments of an incidental nature to a person for one, or both, of the following:

(a) the purchase of personal items such as toiletries;
(b) other minor expenses.

Governor means the person in charge of a prison, however described.

social security law has the same meaning as in subsection 3(3) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.