PART 3BIncome Support Bonus

PART 3B—Income Support Bonus

3B.1.1 Eligibility for Income Support Bonus

3B.1.2 A person is eligible for an income support bonus on an income support bonus test day if: (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 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 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 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 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.

Note: paragraphs (c ) and (d) cover the situation where an education allowance is backdated.

3B.2 One income support bonus only in respect of an income support bonus test day

3B.2.1 A person cannot receive more than one payment of an income support bonus in respect of an income support bonus test day regardless of how many times the person is eligible for the bonus on that day.

3B.3 Amount of income support bonus

3B.3.1 The amount of a person’s income support bonus is the amount of $105 on an income support bonus test day.

Note 1: The amount specified is indexed twice a year in line with CPI increases (see paragraphs 3B.4 and 3B.5

3B.4 Income Support Bonus to be indexed or adjusted

3B.4.1 The income support bonus is to be indexed or adjusted as if it is the payment described as “income support bonus” in item 71 of the table in section 1190 of the Social Security Act 1991.

3B.5 CPI indexation of income support bonus

3B.5.1 The income support bonus is indexed as if it is the payment described as income support bonus in item 43 of the table in subsection 1191(1) of the Social Security Act 1991. 3B.5.2 If an income support bonus is to be indexed on an indexation day, as if it was the payment described as income support bonus under the Social Security Act 1991, this Scheme has effect as if the indexed amount were substituted for the income support bonus on that day. 3B.5.3 The indexed amount of the income support bonus is to be worked out under section 1192 of the Social Security Act 1991 as if it was the payment described as income support bonus under the Social Security Act 1991.