Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2) and sections 1206L, 1206M and 1206N, a person's advance payment deduction is increased to a larger amount if the person asks the Secretary in writing for the advance payment deduction to be the larger amount.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the Secretary is satisfied that the person would suffer severe financial hardship if the advance payment deduction were the larger amount.