Social Security Act 1991
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 1061ZZBU — Validity of notice
A notice under section 1061ZZBR is not invalid merely because it does not comply with paragraph 1061ZZBT(c) or (e).
Section 1061ZZCU — Person may ask for payment to stop
A person who is a party to a financial supplement contract with a participating corporation may, by written notice to the corporation lodged at an office of the corporation, tell the corporation that…
Section 1061ZZDU — Liability of Commonwealth to corporation
The Commonwealth is liable to pay to the corporation the amount of any wrongly paid supplement that has not been repaid.
Section 1061ZZEU — Accumulated FS debt discharges earlier debts
(1) An accumulated FS debt that a person is taken to have incurred or incurs on 1 June in a year (the relevant date) discharges, or discharges the unpaid part of: (a) an accumulated FS debt that the…
Section 1061ZZFU — Notices of transfer
If any rights of a participating corporation to receive a payment from a person under this Chapter are transferred to the Commonwealth, the Secretary must, as soon as practicable, arrange for a…
Section 1061PV — Length 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 the person first became an Australian resident; and (b) ends when the person has been an…
Section 1061V — When this Part applies
(1) This Part applies to a person if: (a) a pension supplement amount is used to work out the rate of the person’s social security payment (the main payment); and (b) the annual rate of that pension…
Section 1061ZZAV — Timing of repayment
(1) A person who is not obtaining financial supplement may, in order to obtain financial supplement, repay to the Commonwealth youth allowance, austudy payment or pensioner education supplement: (a)…
Section 1061ZZBV — Period within which information to be given
(1) Subject to this section, the period stated under paragraph 1061ZZBT(d) must be the period of 14 days after: (a) the day on which the event or change of circumstances happens; or (b) the day on…
Section 1061ZZCV — Effect of notice
(1) If a person gives a notice referred to in section 1061ZZCU, the corporation is discharged from liability to make further payments to the person under the contract from the end of the day stated…
Section 1061ZZDV — Liability of person to Commonwealth
(1) If the notice was given to the person under subsection 1061ZZDQ(1), the person is liable to pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to the total of: (a) the amount that the Commonwealth is liable…
Section 1061ZZEV — Secretary to give notice to Commissioner of Taxation
If a person who has made a financial supplement contract with a participating corporation has an FS debt immediately after the termination date of the contract, the Secretary must, if such a notice…
Section 1061ZZFV — Transfers not subject to State or Territory taxes
A transfer to the Commonwealth under this Chapter of any of the corporation’s rights under a financial supplement contract, or any other act or thing done or transaction entered into under this…
Section 1061EW — Where claim based on effect of unreceived income on special employment advance qualifying entitlement
(1) This section applies where the claim was based on the effect of the unreceived income on the claimant’s special employment advance qualifying entitlement. (2) The total amount of the special…
Section 1061PW — Meaning of multiple entitlement exclusion
For the purposes of this Division, a person is subject to a multiple entitlement exclusion if the person is receiving a pensioner education supplement under the ABSTUDY scheme.
Section 1061ZW — Object of this Chapter
The object of this Chapter is to establish a Student Financial Supplement Scheme enabling certain tertiary students to obtain a repayable financial supplement by entering into a contract for that…
Section 1061ZZAW — Effect of repayment
If an amount is repaid by a person under this Division, the amount is taken never to have been paid to the person.
Section 1061ZZBW — Refusal or failure to comply with notice
(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is required to comply with a notice; and (b) the notice is a notice under section 1061ZZBR; and (c) the person refuses or fails to comply with the…
Section 1061ZZCW — Secretary must give notice to person and corporation
(1) This section applies if: (a) a person is a party to a financial supplement contract with a participating corporation; and (b) the decision (the original decision) made in respect of the person…
Section 1061ZZDW — This Subdivision not to affect Subdivision A
This Subdivision does not affect the operation of Subdivision A.
Section 1061ZZEW — Secretary to give further notice to Commissioner of Taxation
If the Secretary or an officer of the Department is convinced that significant information in a notice referred to in section 1061ZZEV was not, or is no longer, correct, the Secretary must give to…
Section 1061EX — Where claim based on claimant’s need for financial assistance to take up offered employment
(1) This section applies where the claim was based on the claimant’s need for financial assistance to take up offered employment. (2) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the total…
Section 1061PX — Multiple entitlement exclusion
A pensioner education supplement is not payable to a person if the person is subject to a multiple entitlement exclusion.
Section 1061ZX — Outline of the scheme
(1) The scheme provides for the reduction of the rate of youth allowance, austudy payment or pensioner education supplement payable to a person who obtains financial supplement. (2) The scheme…
Section 1061ZZAX — Making a contract between person and participating corporation
(1) If a person applies to a participating corporation under Division 5 for the payment of financial supplement for an eligibility period, the corporation must, as soon as practicable, accept the…
Section 1061ZZBX — Application overseas
This Subdivision extends to: (a) acts, omissions, matters and things outside Australia whether or not in a foreign country; and (b) all people irrespective of their nationality or citizenship.
Section 1061ZZCX — Effect of notice
(1) If the Secretary gives a notice under section 1061ZZCW to the person and the corporation, then, unless the decision on the review is set aside or varied after a further review under Chapter 6,…
Section 1061ZZDX — Secretary must give notice to person and corporation
(1) This section applies if: (a) a person is a party to a financial supplement contract with a participating corporation; and (b) the decision (the original decision) made in respect of the person…
Section 1061ZZEX — Secretary to give certificate to Commissioner of Taxation
The Secretary must, if asked by the Commissioner of Taxation to do so, give a written certificate to the Commissioner setting out a matter mentioned by the Commissioner that was, or was required to…
Section 1061ZY — Eligibility to obtain financial supplement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person is eligible to obtain financial supplement for a period (an eligibility period) that is a year or a part of a year if: (a) the person is undertaking, or…
Section 1061ZZAY — Existing contracts
(1) A contract is also a financial supplement contract if it is a contract referred to in section 8.2 of the Social Security Student Financial Supplement Scheme 1998. (2) The termination date for the…
Section 1061ZZBY — Secretary may give notice requiring statement on matter
(1) The Secretary may give a notice under this section to a person who is a category 2 student if: (a) financial supplement is paid to the person on the person’s own behalf; or (b) financial…
Section 1061ZZCY — This Subdivision is subject to sections 1061ZZFS and 1061ZZFT
This Subdivision has effect subject to sections 1061ZZFS and 1061ZZFT.
Section 1061ZZDY — Effect of notice
(1) If the Secretary gives a notice under section 1061ZZDX to the person and the corporation, then, unless the decision on the review is set aside or varied after a further review under Chapter 6,…
Section 1061ZZEY — Voluntary repayments of FS debts
(1) If a person has a debt to the Commonwealth under this Part, he or she may at any time make a payment to reduce the debt. (2) A payment under subsection (1) must be made to the Commissioner of…
Section 1061ZZ — Category 1 student
(1) A person is a category 1 student in respect of a period if, throughout the period, one or more of the payments referred to in this section are payable to the person. (2) The payment may be youth…
Section 1061ZZAZ — Liability for money paid under a financial supplement contract
(1) A participating corporation may rely on advice given by the Commonwealth to decide: (a) whether it must pay financial supplement to a person; and (b) the amount of financial supplement. (2) An…
Section 1061ZZBZ — Formalities related to notice
Subject to section 1061ZZCA, a notice under section 1061ZZBY: (a) must be in writing; and (b) may be given personally or by post; and (c) must state how the statement is to be given to the…
Section 1061ZZCZ — 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) the person…
Section 1061ZZDZ — This Subdivision is subject to sections 1061ZZFS and 1061ZZFT
This Subdivision has effect subject to sections 1061ZZFS and 1061ZZFT.
Section 1061ZZEZ — Compulsory payments in respect of accumulated FS debt
(1) If: (a) a person’s repayment income for the income year 2006-07 or a subsequent income year exceeds the minimum repayment income for that income year; and (b) on 1 June immediately preceding the…
Section 1062 — Simplified outline of this Chapter
The Employment Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, make, vary or administer an arrangement for the making of payments by the Commonwealth, or make, vary or administer a grant of financial…
Section 1062A — Arrangements and grants relating to assisting persons to obtain and maintain paid work
(1) The Employment Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, make, vary or administer an arrangement for the making of payments by the Commonwealth, or make, vary or administer a grant of…
Section 1062DA — Application of Administration Act
The Administration Act, other than sections 3, 234 and 242 of that Act, does not apply in relation to this Chapter.
Section 1062B — Constitutional limits
(1) An arrangement or grant referred to in section 1062A must be with respect to one or more of the following: (a) the provision of unemployment benefits, or other benefits, allowances, services or…
Section 1062C — Executive power of the Commonwealth
This Chapter does not, by implication, limit the executive power of the Commonwealth.
Section 1062D — Inclusion of information in annual report
The Employment Secretary, when preparing the Employment Department’s annual report under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period, must include in…
Section 1062E — Steps in rate calculation
(1) The following are the usual steps in the rate calculation process: (a) start with a maximum basic rate; (b) add any additional amounts that are subject to income or assets testing; (c) apply the…
Section 1063 — Standard categories of family situations
(1) The Rate Calculators use the following standard categories of family situations: – not member of a couple; – member of a couple (or partnered); – partnered (partner getting neither pension nor…
Section 1064 — Rate of age and disability support pensions and carer payment (people who are not blind)
(1) The rate of: (a) age pension; and (b) disability support pension of a person who has turned 21, or of a person who has not turned 21 and has one or more dependent children; and (d) carer payment;…