Social Security Act 1991
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 1061ZZCF — Application of Subdivision
This Subdivision has effect subject to section 1061ZZEE.
Section 1061ZZDF — This Subdivision not to affect Subdivision A
This Subdivision does not affect the operation of Subdivision A.
Section 1061ZZEF — Definitions
In sections 1061ZZED and 1061ZZEE: amounts notionally repaid means the total of the amounts notionally repaid before the notice was given. amounts repaid means the total of the amounts repaid under…
Section 1061ZZGF — When an accepted assurance is in force
(1) For the purposes of this Act, an assurance of support that has been given in respect of a person identified in the assurance and has been accepted under this Chapter: (a) comes into force in…
Section 1061G — Advance pharmaceutical allowance not payable in some circumstances
(1) Even though a person is qualified for an advance pharmaceutical allowance, the allowance is not payable to the person if the person is not an Australian resident. (3) Even though a person is…
Section 1061JG — Qualification—release from gaol or psychiatric confinement
(1) A person is qualified for a crisis payment if, after the commencement of this section: (a) the person spends at least 14 days in gaol, or in psychiatric confinement that starts because he or she…
Section 1061PAG — Consultation on the AVTOP Principles
(1) Before determining the AVTOP Principles under section 1061PAF, the Minister must consult with representatives of the following groups (the consultation groups): (a) victims of overseas terrorist…
Section 1061PG — First fortnight of classes
A person is taken to be undertaking full-time study or a concessional study-load (as the case may be) in respect of a course during the period (the relevant period): (a) starting on the first day of…
Section 1061PZG — Rate of pensioner education supplement
(1) If a person: (a) is a sub-50% concessional study-load student in respect of a course; and (b) is not receiving any of the following: (i) a disability support pension under this Act; (ia) a youth…
Section 1061ZG — Qualification rules
(1) Subject to subsection (2) and sections 1061ZJA and 1061ZJB, a person is qualified for a seniors health card on a day if, on that day, the person: (a) has reached pension age; and (b) is an…
Section 1061ZVJG — Returns, assessments, collection and recovery
Subject to Part 2AA.4 and this Part: (a) Part IV of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936; and (b) Division 5 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997; and (c) Part 4-15 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation…
Section 1061ZZAG — Agreements
(1) The Minister may enter into an agreement, on behalf of the Commonwealth, with a financial corporation for the payment by the corporation after the commencement of this Chapter, in the year in…
Section 1061ZZBG — How to waive right to cancel contract
To waive the right to cancel the contract, the person must give to the participating corporation written notice that he or she is waiving the right to cancel the contract.
Section 1061ZZCG — Calculation of amount outstanding under financial supplement contract before 1 June in the year after the year in which the contract was made
(1) The amount outstanding under a financial supplement contract at a time (the test time) before 1 June in the year immediately after the year in which the contract was made is the amount worked out…
Section 1061ZZDG — Secretary may give notice to person and corporation
(1) If the Secretary is satisfied that: (a) a person who is a party to a financial supplement contract with a participating corporation was given a notice under section 1061ZZCW; and (b) false or…
Section 1061ZZEG — This Subdivision not to affect Subdivision A
This Subdivision does not affect the operation of Subdivision A.
Section 1061ZZFG — Application of tax legislation
Part IV of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, Division 5 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, and Part IVC of, and Part 4-15 in Schedule 1 to, the Taxation Administration Act 1953, apply, so far…
Section 1061ZZGG — Liability to pay for social security payments
(1) This section has effect if: (a) a person (the assurer) has given an assurance of support that has been accepted under this Chapter; and (b) a social security payment is received, by another…
Section 1061JH — Qualification—extreme circumstances forcing departure from home
(1) A person is qualified for a crisis payment if, after the commencement of this section: (a) the person has left, or cannot return to, his or her home because of an extreme circumstance; and (b)…
Section 1061PAH — AVTOP is not compensation or damages
For the purposes of any law of the Commonwealth, a payment of AVTOP is not to be treated as being a payment of compensation or damages.
Section 1061PH — Progress rules—secondary students
General rule (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person enrolled in, or intending to enrol in, a secondary course satisfies the progress rules for the purposes of paragraph 1061PB(1)(d) if, in the…
Section 1061ZH — Newly arrived resident’s waiting period
(1) Subject to this section, for the purposes of this Division, a person who: (a) has entered Australia; and (b) has not been both: (i) an Australian resident or a special category visa holder…
Section 1061ZVJH — Charges and civil penalties for failing to meet obligations
(1) Part 4-25 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 has effect as if: (a) any compulsory SSL repayment amount of a person were income tax payable by the person in respect of the…
Section 1061ZZAH — When to apply
A person who is eligible to obtain financial supplement for an eligibility period may apply to a participating corporation, during that period, for financial supplement.
Section 1061ZZBH — When to waive right to cancel contract
To exercise the right of waiver, the person must give the participating corporation the notice referred to in section 1061ZZBG immediately after the contract is made under section 1061ZZAX.
Section 1061ZZCH — Calculation of amount outstanding under financial supplement contract at a later time
(1) Subject to subsections 1061ZZCN(6) and (7), the amount outstanding under a financial supplement contract at a time (the test time) during a period of 12 months (the test period) referred to in…
Section 1061ZZDH — Effect of notice
If the Secretary gives a notice under section 1061ZZDG to the person and the corporation, then, unless the decision to give the notice is set aside or varied after a review under Chapter 6, the…
Section 1061ZZEH — Secretary may give notice to corporation if other party to contract dies
If the Secretary becomes aware that a person who is a party to a financial supplement contract with a participating corporation has died, the Secretary may give written notice to the corporation…
Section 1061ZZFH — Commissioner of Taxation may make assessment
(1) The Commissioner of Taxation may make an assessment of: (a) the amount of a person’s accumulated FS debt at 1 June immediately before the assessment is made; and (b) the amount required to be…
Section 1061ZZGH — Determinations
(1) The Minister must, by legislative instrument, make a determination specifying, for the purposes of the provisions mentioned in the table, the things in the table. Determinations Provision(s)…
Section 1061EI — Advance payment to be paid to person or nominee
(1) Subject to subsection (3), an advance payment of a person’s social security entitlement is to be paid to that person. (2) The Secretary may direct that the whole or part of the advance payment of…
Section 1061JI — Qualification—humanitarian entrant to Australia
(1) A person is qualified for a crisis payment if: (a) the person arrives in Australia; and (b) that arrival is the first time the person has arrived in Australia as the holder of a qualifying…
Section 1061PI — Progress rules—tertiary students
Full-time students (1) A person who is a full-time student in respect of a tertiary course satisfies the progress rules if: (a) in the case of a person who is enrolled in the course—on the day on…
Section 1061ZI — Duration of newly arrived resident’s waiting period
If a person is subject to a newly arrived resident’s waiting period, the period: (a) starts on the day on which the person first became an Australian resident or a special category visa holder…
Section 1061ZZAI — How to apply
A person may only apply for financial supplement by: (a) completing an application form approved by the Secretary; and (b) lodging it, with the person’s supplement entitlement notice, at an office of…
Section 1061ZZBI — Financial supplement contract exempt from certain laws and taxes
(1) A law of a State or Territory about giving credit or other financial assistance does not apply to a financial supplement contract. (2) An application for the payment of financial supplement, a…
Section 1061ZZCI — Notification of amount outstanding
(1) The Secretary must give to a person who is a party to a financial supplement contract with a participating corporation a notice of an amount outstanding under the contract that exists on: (a) 1…
Section 1061ZZDI — Transfer of corporation’s rights to Commonwealth
(1) On the giving of the notice to the corporation, the corporation’s rights referred to in subsection (2) or (3), as the case may be, are transferred to the Commonwealth by this subsection. (2) If…
Section 1061ZZEI — Effect of notice
If the Secretary gives a notice under section 1061ZZEH to the corporation, the following provisions have effect.
Section 1061ZZFI — Notice of assessment may be served
If: (a) the Commissioner of Taxation is required to serve on a person a notice of assessment in respect of the person’s income of a year of income under section 174 of the Income Tax Assessment Act…
Section 1061ZZGI — Application of social security law to unincorporated bodies
(1) This Chapter, and the rest of the social security law so far as it relates to this Chapter, apply to an unincorporated body or association (the body) as if it were a person other than an…
Section 1061EJ — Payment into bank account etc.
(1) An amount that is to be paid to a person under section 1061EI may only be paid in accordance with this section. (2) Subject to this section, the amount is to be paid, at the time or times worked…
Section 1061JJ — Crisis payment not payable in addition to disaster relief payment
(1) A crisis payment is not payable to a person in respect of an extreme circumstance if the person is qualified for an AGDRP, a Disaster Recovery Allowance or other disaster relief payment (whether…
Section 1061PJ — Payments attracting pensioner education supplement
General (1) A person is receiving a payment attracting pensioner education supplement if the person is receiving: (a) a payment under this Act set out in subsection (2); or (b) a payment under the…
Section 1061ZAAJ — Fares allowance for public transport
(1) If the Secretary is satisfied that it is practicable for the person to make the entire journey by public transport, the amount of fares allowance for the entire journey is worked out using this…
Section 1061ZJ — Giving of copy of assessment of taxable income to Secretary
If a person who is the holder of a seniors health card receives a notice of assessment or amended assessment of his or her taxable income for a particular tax year, the person must, if requested by…
Section 1061ZVJJ — Pay as you go (PAYG) withholding
Part 2-5 (other than section 12-55 and Subdivisions 12-E, 12-F and 12-G) in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 applies, so far as it is capable of application, in relation to the…
Section 1061ZZAJ — Changing an application
A person who has applied for financial supplement for the eligibility period may, at any time, lodge another application form approved by the Secretary at an office of the participating corporation,…
Section 1061ZZBJ — Payment by instalments
(1) Financial supplement is to be paid by instalments for periods determined by the Secretary. (2) Instalments of financial supplement are to be paid at times determined by the Secretary.
Section 1061ZZCJ — Person not required to, but may, make repayments during contract period
(1) Subject to sections 1061ZZDE, 1061ZZDL, 1061ZZDV and 1061ZZEE, a person who is a party to a financial supplement contract with a participating corporation is not required during the contract…