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11.2.5.30 Category Q welfare payment

Category Q welfare payment

A category Q welfare payment is one of the following payments:

Specific payment SS(Admin)Act reference SSAct definition (if applicable)
  • Youth allowance
  • Austudy payment
  • Jobseeker payment
  • Special benefit
  • Benefit PPP
 section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (a) section 23(1)-'social security benefit'
  • Disability support pension
  • Pension PPS
  • Carer payment
  • Special needs pension
  • A payment under the scheme known as the ABSTUDY scheme that includes an amount identified as living allowance
 section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (a) section 23(1)-'social security pension'
Carer allowance section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (b)  
Child disability assistance section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (ba)  
Carer supplement section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (bb)  
Mobility allowance section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (c)  
Pensioner education supplement section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (d)  
TAL under SSAct Part 2.25 section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (e)  
UA under SSAct Part 2.25A section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (f)  
A distance education payment under the scheme known as the AIC Scheme, where the payment relates to a child or children at a Homelands Learning Centre section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (g)  
A social security bereavement payment (other than a bereavement payment in relation to Age or CP) section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (h)  
A payment under the scheme known as the ABSTUDY scheme that includes an amount identified as PES section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (i)  
An advance payment under SSAct Part 2.22 (other than an advance payment of Age or CP) section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (j)  
An advance PhA under SSAct Part 2.23 (other than an allowance in relation to Age or CP) section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (k)  
A MOB advance under SSAct section 1045 section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (l)  
Double orphan pension section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (m)  
FTB under the FAAct section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (n)  
FTB advance under the FAAct section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (o)  
Stillborn baby payment under the FAAct (from 1 March 2014) section 123TC-'category Q welfare payment', paragraph (p)  

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