Section 123SF — Social Security (Administration) Act 1999: Voluntary enhanced income management agreement

(1) A person may enter into a written agreement with the Secretary under which the person agrees voluntarily to be subject to the enhanced income management regime throughout the period when the agreement is in force. (2) An agreement under subsection (1) is to be known as a voluntary enhanced income management agreement. (3) The Secretary must not enter into a voluntary enhanced income management agreement with a person unless: (a) the person is an eligible recipient of a category A welfare payment; and (b) the person’s usual place of residence is within a voluntary enhanced income management area or the Ceduna area, the East Kimberley area, the Goldfields area or the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay area; and (c) if the person has a Part 3B payment nominee—that nominee is subject to the enhanced income management regime or is subject to the income management regime (within the meaning of Part 3B). (4) The Secretary must not enter into a voluntary enhanced income management agreement with a person if: (aa) the person is subject to the enhanced income management regime under section 123SC, 123SCA, 123SCB, 123SCC, 123SCJ, 123SCL, 123SD or 123SDA or paragraph 123SE(1)(b); or (a) the person is subject to the income management regime under Part 3B; or (b) during the 12-month period ending when the voluntary enhanced income management agreement is to come into force, there were 4 occasions on which previous voluntary enhanced income management agreements relating to the person were terminated under subsection 123SH(3). (5) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine that: (a) a specified State; or (b) a specified Territory; or (c) a specified area; is a voluntary enhanced income management area for the purposes of this Part.