(1) The Secretary may arrange for the use, under the Secretary's control, of computer programs for any purposes for which the Secretary or any other officer may make decisions under the family assistance law.
Note: The definition of decision in subsection 3(1) covers the doing of any act or thing. This means, for example, that the doing of things under subsection 162(1) or (2) are decisions for the purposes of this section.
(2) A decision made by the operation of a computer program under an arrangement made under subsection (1) is taken to be a decision made by the Secretary.