48APayment of utilities allowance

48A  Payment of utilities allowance  (1) Utilities allowance is to be paid by instalments.  (2) If utilities allowance is payable to a person in relation to a utilities allowance test day, then an instalment of the allowance is to be paid to the person on the person’s first payday on or after that test day.  (3) The amount of an instalment of utilities allowance is worked out by dividing the amount of the annual rate of utilities allowance by 4. utilities allowance test day means:  (a) 20 March; and  (b) 20 June; and  (c) 20 September; and  (d) 20 December.