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SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 70

Care receiver in respect of whom carer payment being made

  (1)   If a person is being paid a carer payment because he or she is providing constant care (or, if section   197F of the 1991 Act applies to the person, care) for a care receiver (other than one to whom subsection   198(7) of the 1991 Act applies) or care receivers, the Secretary may give a notice to:

  (a)   any care receiver who is 16 or more; or

  (b)   a parent of any care receiver who is under 16;

that requires the care receiver or parent, as the case may be, to inform the Department if:

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

  (d)   he or she becomes aware that a specified event or change of circumstances is likely to occur.

  (2)   The notice may describe the event or change of circumstances specified in the notice as a notifiable event for the purposes of section   198C of the 1991 Act.



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