Section 123I — Social Security (Administration) Act 1999: Giving of notices to correspondence nominee

(1) Any notice that the Secretary is authorised or required by the social security law to give to a benefit recipient may be given by the Secretary to the benefit recipient’s correspondence nominee. (2) The notice: (a) must, in every respect, be in the same form, and in the same terms, as if it were being given to the benefit recipient; and (b) may be given to the correspondence nominee personally or by post or in any other manner approved by the Secretary. (3) If: (a) under subsection (1), the Secretary gives a notice (the nominee notice) to a benefit recipient’s correspondence nominee; and (b) the Secretary afterwards gives the benefit recipient a notice that: (i) is expressed to be given under the same provision of the social security law as the nominee notice; and (ii) makes the same requirement of the benefit recipient as the nominee notice; section 123J ceases to have effect in relation to the nominee notice. (4) If: (a) under subsection (1), the Secretary gives a notice (the nominee notice) to a benefit recipient’s correspondence nominee; and (b) the Secretary has already given to the benefit recipient a notice that: (i) is expressed to be given under the same provision of the social security law as the nominee notice; and (ii) makes the same requirement of the benefit recipient as the nominee notice; section 123J does not have effect in relation to the nominee notice.