3A.1.1 The Commission may determine that a person is eligible for a clean energy advance if, on a day during the period starting on 14 May 2012 and ending on 30 June 2012:
3A.1.2 The Commission may determine that a person is eligible for a clean energy advance if, on a day during the period starting on 1 July 2012 and ending on 30 June 2013:
3A.1.3 The Commission may determine that a person is eligible for a clean energy advance if, on a day during the period starting on 1 July 2013 and ending on 31 December 2013:
3A.1.4 A determination under paragraph 3A.1.2 or 3A.1.3 must specify the first day during the period set out in that paragraph for which the person:
3A.1.6 A person’s eligibility for a clean energy advance is subject to paragraph 3A.10.1 (multiple entitlement exclusion).
Note: Top‑up payments of clean energy advance may be payable under paragraph 3A.5.1 if the person’s circumstances change during the person’s clean energy advance period
3A.2.1 On the day (the decision day) that the Commission determines that a person is eligible for a clean energy advance for a clean energy underlying payment, the Commission must work out the amount of the advance.
(b) rounding the result of paragraph (a) up or down to the nearest multiple of 10 cents (rounding up if that result is not a multiple of 10 cents but is a multiple of 5 cents); and
3A.4.1 The person’s number of advance days is the number of days in the person’s clean energy advance period that are on or after:
(b) the person’s circumstances change on a day (the change day) and the person satisfies any top‑up qualifying condition in relation to that change of circumstances as set out in paragraph 3A.5.2; and
(i) the change of circumstances means that a higher clean energy advance daily rate would be used to calculate the original payment if the person’s clean energy advance eligibility day were the change day; or
(ii) except for the application of paragraph 3A.10.1, the person would be eligible for a clean energy bonus under the Act, another Act or a Commonwealth scheme;
(a) the person was paid an original payment and as a result of the change in circumstances the person receives a clean energy underlying payment at a higher rate in relation to the change day and the change of circumstances occurs before 1 January 2014; or
(b) the person was paid an original payment and as a result of the change in circumstances the person commences to receive, before 20 March 2013:
(c) the person was paid an original payment and as a result of the change in circumstances the person no longer receives a clean energy underlying payment but receives, before 1 January 2014:
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3A.5.3 Despite any other provision of the VCES if a person received an original payment under 3A.1.3 of the VCES and as a result of a change in circumstances the person starts to receive one of the payments listed in subsection 914(4) of the Social Security Act 1991, war widow(er) pension or service pension under the VEA or a MRCA wholly dependent partner payment, in relation to the change day, the person will not be eligible for a top‑up payment.
3A.5.4 If the person has not previously been eligible for a top‑up payment in relation to the clean energy advance period, the amount of top‑up payment is to be calculated in accordance with the Method Statement 1 at the end of paragraph 3A.5.5.
3A.5.6 If a person has previously been paid a top‑up payment calculated in accordance with paragraph 3A.5.4 and the person has a further change in circumstances any additional top‑up payment is to be calculated in accordance with paragraph 3A.5.7.
3A.6.1 An amount of clean energy advance for which a person is eligible is payable in a single lump sum on the day that the Commission considers to be the earliest day on which it is reasonably practicable for the amount to be paid.
(b) after the advance was paid, one of the following events happens to a determination that directly or indirectly affected the payability or amount of the clean energy advance paid to the person:
(c) the event happened wholly or partly because the person knowingly made a false or misleading statement or knowingly provided false information; and
(a) a determination relating to the person’s eligibility for the clean energy underlying payment to which the advance related; and
Note 2: An example of a determination indirectly affecting the amount of the advance is a determination relating to a change in circumstances that results in the person becoming eligible for a further payment of the advance under paragraph 3A.5.1 (top up of clean energy advance).
3A.8.1 The clean energy advance is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the person in paragraph 3A.7.1 if paragraph 3A.7.1(d)(i) applies.
3A.8.2 The amount by which the clean energy advance paid to the person in paragraph 3A.7.1 would have been reduced is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the person if paragraph 3A.7.1 (d)(ii) applies.
3A.9.1 A debt that arises under paragraph 3A.8.1 or 3A.8.2 is a recoverable amount within the meaning of subsection 205(8) of the Act.
(e) the VEA, except for a clean energy advance in relation to a pension payable under Part II or IV of the VEA at a rate determined under or by reference to Division 4 of Part II of the VEA; or
Note: paragraph 3A.15.2 (election to take quarterly energy supplement) may affect whether a person meets the conditions in paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 3A.11.1.
3A.12.1 Subject to paragraph 3A.14.1 (multiple entitlement exclusion), if paragraph 3A.11.1 applies to a person, the Commonwealth is liable to pay the person for the day energy supplement for the person’s clean energy underlying payment.
Note 2: paragraph 3A.14.1 (multiple entitlement exclusion) may affect the person’s entitlement to the energy supplement.
(b) rounding the result of paragraph (a) up or down to the nearest multiple of 10 cents (rounding up if that result is not a multiple of 10 cents but is a multiple of 5 cents).
3A.13.2 An energy supplement is to be added to the rate of clean energy underlying payment of a person mentioned in paragraph 3A.11.1.
3A.13.3 Paragraph 3A.13.2 does not apply if quarterly energy supplement is payable to a person to whom paragraph 3A.12.1 applies.
3A.14.1 Despite any provision of the VCES, a person is not eligible to have an energy supplement for a clean energy underlying payment used to calculate the person’s rate of clean energy underlying payment on a day if the person is also in receipt of a payment:
where the pension or payment under the VEA or MRCA respectively, includes a component of energy supplement covering the same instalment period for the person’s clean energy underlying payment.
3A.15.1 A quarterly energy supplement is payable to a person for each day for which an election by the person under paragraph 3A.15.2 is in force in relation to a clean energy underlying payment the person is receiving.
Note: paragraph 3A.14.1 (multiple entitlement exclusion) may affect the person’s eligibility for quarterly energy supplement.
3A.15.2 If paragraph 3A.12.1 applies to a person, the person may, in a manner or way approved by the Commission, make an election to receive the person’s energy supplement as a quarterly payment.
3A.15.4 The person may, in a manner or way approved by the Commission, revoke an election. A revocation takes effect as soon as practicable after it happens.
3A.16.1 A person’s daily rate of quarterly energy supplement, for a particular day, is 1/14 of the amount that, apart from paragraph 3A.15.1, would be the person’s energy supplement for that day.
3A.17.2 An instalment of quarterly energy supplement is to be paid to a person as soon as is reasonably practicable on or after the first supplement test day (the current test day) that follows a day for which quarterly energy supplement is payable to the person.
(a) working out the amount of the person’s quarterly energy supplement for each day during the test period for which quarterly energy supplement is payable to the person; and
(a) the person has attained the age of 16 years and is receiving, in respect of that day, an education allowance under paragraph 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 or 3.6A of the Scheme; or
(b) the person has not attained the age of 16 years but is receiving, in respect of that day, an education allowance under paragraph 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 or 3.6A of the Scheme; or
(c) the person has attained the age of 16 years and the person's eligibility for an education allowance under paragraph 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 or 3.6A of the Scheme takes effect before the income support bonus test day and the person would have received the education allowance on the income support bonus test day if the person had been eligible for the allowance at that time; or
(d) the person has not attained the age of 16 years and the person's eligibility for an education allowance under paragraph 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 or 3.6A of the Scheme takes effect before the income support bonus test day and the person would have received the education allowance on the income support bonus test day if the person had been eligible for the allowance at that time.
3B.2.1 A person cannot receive more than one payment of an income support bonus in respect of a income support bonus test day regardless of how many times the person is eligible for the bonus on that day.
3B.4.1 The income support bonus is to be indexed or adjusted as if it were the payment described as an “income support bonus” in item 71 of the table in section 1190 of the SSA, as in force immediately before 31 December 2016.
3B.5.1 The income support bonus is indexed in accordance with sections 1192, 1193 and 1194 of the SSA as if it were the payment described as an “income support bonus” in item 43 of the table in subsection 1191(1) of the SSA.
3B.5.2 The dollar amount mentioned in paragraph 3B.3.1 is replaced by the amount indexed in accordance with paragraph 3B.5.1 on 20 March and 20 September in every calendar year.
3B.5.3 In paragraph 3B.5, a reference to SSA is taken to be a reference to SSA as in force immediately before 31 December 2016.
3B.7.1 If a person is eligible for an income support bonus on an income support bonus test day, the Commission must direct that the bonus be paid for the person in a single lump sum:
(a) on the day that the Commission considers to be the earliest day on which it is reasonably practicable for the bonus to be paid; and
3B.7.2 Payment of the income support bonus for a person who is eligible for the bonus (eligible person) is to be made to the person to whom the education allowance for the eligible person under Part 3 is payable except that if the education allowance is payable to an institution or to a person providing board to the eligible person, the income support bonus is payable to the person to whom the education allowance for the eligible person would be payable if payment of the education allowance to an institution or to a person providing board to the eligible person was not an option.
Note: the person receiving the bonus for the eligible person could be the eligible person’s parent, a person approved by the Commission or the eligible person.
(b) after the bonus is paid, a determination under the Scheme in relation to the person, at least so far as it relates to the income support bonus test day or to a period that includes that day, is or was (however described) changed, revoked, set aside, or superseded by another determination; and
(c) the decision to change, revoke, set aside or supersede the determination is or was made for the reason, or for reasons including the reason, that the person knowingly made a false or misleading statement, or knowingly provided false information; and
4.1.1 The Commission may refer students and their families to community welfare, education, guidance and counselling services or other professionals where appropriate.
4.1.3 The Commission will monitor the progress of students and seek expert advice from relevant education and health experts to understand the needs of the student.