5.2.7.10 DVA Rates - March 1991 to December 1991

Summary

Notes to the tables in this topic appear at the end of the topic. This topic contains the following 3 tables:

1) DVA rates from 20 March 1991,

2) Disability Pension percentage rates from 20 March 1991, and

3) DVA rates from 3 October 1991.

1) DVA rates from 20 March 1991

This table shows the rates in dollars per fortnight (pf).

Payment	Rate	Comment
Special Rate, Totally Permanently Incapacitated (TPI)	554.10	Note A
Intermediate	381.70	Note A
Extreme Disability Adjustment (EDA)	313.50	Note A, Note C
Disability pension, general rate (100%)	209.00	Note A
Section 35(1) VEA amputees Items 1- 6	345.10	Note A
Item 7	112.50	Note B
Item 8	75.90	Note B
Item 9	65.20	Note B
Item 10	65.20	Note B
Item 11	32.60	Note B
Item 12	17.10	Note B
Item 13	32.60	Note B
Item 14	17.10	Note B
Item 15	25.20	Note B
War Widow's Pension (WWP)	301.60	Note D
Domestic Allowance	24.00/325.60	Note A, Note F
Orphan's Pension - Single	51.50	Note E
Orphan's Pension - Double	103.00	Note E

2) Disability Pension percentage rates from 20 March 1991

These rates are frozen rates from 1973. No more grants were made after 1985. This table shows the rates in dollars per fortnight (pf).

Percentage of Pension	Wife	Child
10	0.81	0.28
15	1.22	0.41
20	1.62	0.55
25	2.03	0.69
30	2.43	0.83
35	2.84	0.96
40	3.24	1.10
40	3.65	1.24
50	4.05	1.38
55	4.46	1.51
60	4.86	1.65
65	5.27	1.79
70	5.67	1.93
75	6.08	2.06
80	6.48	2.20
85	6.89	2.34
90	7.29	2.48
95	7.70	2.61
100	8.10	2.75

3) DVA rates from 3 October 1991

If a rate does not appear in this date range, the most recent earlier rate applies. These rates are indexed each September. This table shows the rates in dollars per fortnight (pf).

Section 35(1) VEA (amputees) Item	Rate
7	116.30
8	78.50
9	67.40
10	67.40
11	33.70
12	17.70
13	33.70
14	17.70
15	26.10

Notes

These notes relate to the DVA Rates - March 1991 to December 1991:

Service Pensions (section 23(1)-'service pension') are the same rate as Age Pensions.

Notes	Explanation
A	These rates are indexed each March and September.
B	These rates are indexed each September.
C	EDA payment was introduced on 1 December 1988. It is payable to extremely disabled veterans who: - are receiving 100% Disability Pension, - have reached retiring age, - are not receiving an Intermediate or Special Rate Pension, and - satisfy medical criteria. The EDA is payable at 50% of the general rate and is treated as income (section 8(1)-'income') for social security purposes.
D	From 1 November 1986, Social Security Pension (section 23(1)-'social security pension') is payable subject to a ceiling of $120.10 a fortnight to recipients of WWP.
E	These rates are indexed each January.
F	Domestic allowance is now absorbed into the basic pension, but still shown separately by DVA.

Act reference: SSAct section 8(1)-'income', section 23(1)-'service pension', section 23(1)-'social security pension'

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Last reviewed: 4 August 2008

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