Recipient—Double Orphan Pension eligibility indicator, yes/missing code A

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Double Orphan Pension eligibility indicator
METEOR identifier:	647537
Registration status:	Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018
Definition:	An indicator of whether a recipient is eligible for the Double Orphan Pension, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Recipient—Double Orphan Pension eligibility indicator

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

String

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
Y	Yes/true
Missing	No value

Submitting organisation:

Australian Government Department of Social Services

Guide for use:

CODE Y Yes/true

This code indicates eligibility to receive a Double Orphan Pension.

CODE Missing No value

This code indicates that the person is not eligible for the Double Orphan Pension or that the field was not completed.

Comments:

To qualify for a Double Orphan Pension, a recipient must meet the following criteria:

they are caring for a young person who is a double orphan, and
they are eligible for a Family Tax Benefit (FTB) payment, or would be eligible except that their rate of FTB is nil, or would be eligible except that the double orphan is not an FTB child as a result of receiving the prescribed educational scheme payment, and
the double orphan is an FTB child of the person (or would be an FTB child except that the young person, or the person on behalf of the young person, is receiving payments under a prescribed education scheme), and
if the double orphan is aged 16 to 19 years of age, they are not receiving Youth Allowance (YA) and no other person is receiving YA in respect of the young person.

Submitting organisation:

Australian Government Department of Social Services

Implementation in Data Set Specifications: