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SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 68

Person receiving social security payment or holding concession card

  (1)   Subsection   (2) applies to a person to whom a social security payment (other than utilities allowance or energy supplement under Part   2.25B of the 1991 Act) is being paid.

  (2)   The Secretary may give a person to whom this subsection applies a notice that requires the person to do any or all of the following:

  (a)   inform the Department if:

  (i)   a specified event or change of circumstances occurs; or

  (ii)   the person becomes aware that a specified event or change of circumstances is likely to occur;

  (b)   give the Department one or more statements about a matter that might affect the payment to the person of the social security payment;

  (c)   give the Department one or more statements about a matter that might affect the operation, or prospective operation, of Part   3B in relation to the person.

  (3)   Subsection   (4) applies to a person who is the holder of a concession card.

  (4)   The Secretary may give a person to whom this subsection applies a notice that requires the person to do either or both of the following:

  (a)   inform the Department if:

  (i)   a specified event or change of circumstances occurs; or

  (ii)   the person becomes aware that a specified event or change of circumstances is likely to occur;

  (b)   give the Department a statement about a matter that might affect the person's qualification for the concession card.

  (5)   An event or change of circumstances is not to be specified in a notice under this section unless the occurrence of the event or change of circumstances might:

  (a)   affect the payment of the social security payment or the person's qualification for the concession card, as the case requires; or

  (b)   affect the operation, or prospective operation, of Part   3B in relation to the person.



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