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(i) a current health care card issued under the Social Security Act 1991 (Cwlth);
(ii) a current pensioner concession card issued under the Social Security Act 1991 (Cwlth);
(iii) a current pensioner concession card issued in relation to a pension under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (Cwlth) or the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (Cwlth);
(iv) a current gold card;
(v) a card prescribed by regulation; and
(c) may give the administering authority written authorisation for the automatic deduction of a nominated maximum amount each fortnight from a nominated pension or benefit the person is receiving; and
(d) must include anything else prescribed by regulation.
(5) In this section:
gold card means a card known as the Repatriation Health Card—For All Conditions that evidences a person’s eligibility, under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (Cwlth) or the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (Cwlth), to be provided with treatment for all injuries or diseases.
30B Application for payment of penalty by instalments—decision
(1) On application by a person under section 30A, the administering authority must—
(a) allow the application; or
(b) refuse the application.
(2) The administering authority may, in writing, ask the applicant or a person mentioned in the application for more information to assist the authority to make a decision under this section.
(3) The administering authority—
(a) must allow payment by instalments if the person is the holder of a card mentioned in section 30A (4) (b); and
(b) in any other case—may allow payment by instalments if satisfied on reasonable grounds that it is justified because of the person’s financial circumstances.
(4) The administering authority must—
(a) if the application is allowed—tell the person in writing about the arrangements for paying the infringement notice penalty by instalments; and
(b) if the application is refused—tell the person in writing about the refusal and the reasons for the refusal.
(5) A regulation may make provision in relation to the following:
(a) any conditions applying to allowing an application under section 30A;
(b) the way payment of an infringement notice penalty by instalments is to be made.
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