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Social Security Act 1991
44Age pension not payable if pension rate nil
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#### 44 Age pension not payable if pension rate nil
(1) Subject to subsection (2), an age pension is not payable to a person if the person’s age pension rate would be nil.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person’s rate would be nil merely because an election by the person under subsection 915A(1) (about quarterly energy supplement) or 1061VA(1) (about quarterly pension supplement) is in force.