Australia Social Security Act 1991 (Age Pension: qualification, income test and assets test) 43: Qualification: pension age and ten years' qualifying Australian residence (or an exemption)

What does 43 require?

A person is qualified for an age pension if the person has reached pension age and has ten years' qualifying Australian residence (section 7: periods of residence as an Australian resident, including at least one continuous period of five years, with the international agreement and refugee exemptions), has a qualifying residence exemption, or was receiving one of the transitional payments the section names immediately before reaching pension age. The claim is made and determined under the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, and the person must be an Australian resident and in Australia when the claim is lodged subject to the agreement and portability rules.