5Medical cooling or heating concession

5 Medical cooling or heating concession

(1)  There is, for the purposes of Subdivision 3 of Division 4 of Part 3 of the Act, a class of eligible persons to be referred to as the class of medical cooling or heating concession holders.

(2)  A person is, on a day, a member of the class of medical cooling or heating concession holders, and an eligible person, in respect of residential premises, if the person is, on that day, eligible for the medical cooling or heating concession in respect of the residential premises.

(3)  A person is, on a day, eligible for the medical cooling or heating concession in respect of residential premises if –

(a) [Clause 5 Subclause (3) amended by S.R. 2019, No. 45, Applied:28 Jun 2019] the premises are on that day the principal place of residence of the person; and

(b) [Clause 5 Subclause (3) amended by S.R. 2019, No. 45, Applied:28 Jun 2019] the person is on that day the holder of a current pensioner concession card or a current health care card; and

(c) [Clause 5 Subclause (3) amended by S.R. 2019, No. 45, Applied:28 Jun 2019] the person, or a person with whom the person lives, has, in accordance with clause 6 , a recognised medical need on that day for the premises in which the person resides to be heated or cooled; and

(d) the authorised retailer who supplies electricity to the premises has been notified, on or before that day, that the person is eligible for the medical cooling or heating concession in respect of the premises; and

(e) [Clause 5 Subclause (3) amended by S.R. 2019, No. 45, Applied:28 Jun 2019] [Clause 5 Subclause (3) amended by S.R. 2021, No. 50, Applied:30 Jun 2021] the day is not more than 4 years after the day on which the person (or, if the person is a surviving spouse, of a deceased person, to whom subclause (5) applies, the deceased person) submitted to the authorised retailer an application, referred to in , claiming the medical cooling or heating concession.