Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 186

Regulations

Section 186 empowers the Minister to make regulations governing carer's allowance, including provisions to extend eligibility or increase payment rates for prescribed classes of claimants.

• The Minister must make regulations to implement the carer's allowance scheme.
• Regulations may allow certain prescribed groups to receive carer's allowance even if they fail the standard means test.
• Regulations may also entitle prescribed groups to a higher rate of allowance than the standard calculation would produce.
• Where a higher rate applies, the actual amount payable may vary according to the claimant's means.