PART 3CCOVID‑19 Supplement

PART 3C—COVID‑19 Supplement

3C.1 Eligibility for COVID‑19 supplement

3C.1.1 If a person:

(a) has attained the age of 16 years and is receiving, an education allowance under paragraph 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 or 3.6 of the Scheme, the fortnightly payment of education allowance is increased from 27 April 2020 by the amount of the COVID‑19 supplement; or

(b) has not attained the age of 16 years but is receiving, an education allowance under paragraph 3.4, 3.5 or 3.6 of the Scheme, the fortnightly payment of education allowance is increased from 27 April 2020 by the amount of the COVID‑19 supplement.

3C.2 COVID‑19 supplement payment period

3C.2.1 This Part ceases to apply at the end of:

(a) the initial period, unless paragraph (b) applies; or

(b) the extension period.

3C.3 Amount of COVID‑19 supplement

3C.3.1 For the period beginning on 27 April 2020 and ending at the end of the initial period, the fortnightly amount of the COVID‑19 supplement is:

(a) $550, unless paragraph (b) applies; or

(b) if the amount of the supplement is determined by a legislative instrument made

under subsection 557(5) of the Social Security Act 1991—that amount.

3C.3.2 For any extension period, the amount of the COVID‑19 supplement is to be worked out in accordance with a legislative instrument made under subsection 557(7) of the Social Security Act 1991.

3C.4 Payment of the COVID‑19 supplement

3C.4.1 If a person is eligible for the COVID‑19 supplement on a payday on or after 27 April 2020, the Commission must direct that the increased education allowance is payable to the person:

(a) on the first payday that the Commission considers to be the earliest payday on which it is reasonably practicable for the supplement to be paid and subsequently on each payday the person is eligible for the supplement; and

(b) in such manner as the Commission considers appropriate.

3C.4.2 Subject to paragraph 3C.4.3, payment of the COVID‑19 supplement for a person who is eligible for the supplement (eligible person) is to be made to the person to whom the education allowance for the eligible person under Part 3 is payable.

Note: The person receiving the COVID‑19 supplement for the eligible person could be the eligible person’s parent, a person approved by the Commission or the eligible person.

3C.4.3 If the education allowance is payable to an institution or to a person providing board to the eligible person, the COVID‑19 supplement 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.