1.2 Descriptions of Payments/Benefits

Introduction

This chapter describes each of the payment/benefit types, which are covered in this Guide. It provides the following information for each payment/benefit:

• objective of the payment/concession,
• supplementary assistance (where required) (see example 1),
• components (where required),
• bereavement payment provisions (where required),
• how the payment/concession is paid (see example 2), and
• background information (where required).