Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.

Section 123XPBA — Deductions from 2020 economic support payments

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person is subject to the income management regime; and (b) a 2020 economic support payment is payable to the person. Deductions from 2020 economic support…

Section 123YA — Priority needs—application of income management account

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person (the first person) is subject to the income management regime; and (b) the first person’s income management account has a credit balance. Priority…

Section 123ZDA — Other State/Territory referrals—notice of cancellation of category H welfare payments

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person ceases to be subject to the income management regime under section 123UFAA because of the cancellation of a category H welfare payment of the person or…

Section 123ZEA — Disclosure of information to the Secretary—Queensland Commission

(1) Despite any law (whether written or unwritten) in force in Queensland, the Queensland Commission may give the Secretary information about a person if: (a) either: (i) the person is subject to the…

Section 123ZEAA — Disclosure of information to the Secretary—other State/Territory referrals

(1) Despite any law (whether written or unwritten) in force in a State or Territory, an officer or employee of a recognised State/Territory authority may give the Secretary information about a person…

Section 123ZIA — Balance of income management account falls below value of action taken under Division 6

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) the Secretary takes action under Division 6 that requires an amount (the initial amount) to be debited from a person’s income management account; and (b) at any…

Section 123ZJA — Action purportedly taken under Division 6 as a result of administrative error

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) the Secretary purports to take action under Division 6; and (b) apart from this section, the action is invalid; and (c) the action is due to an administrative…

Section 123ZNA — Recording of amounts in accounts and records

(1) This section applies to: (a) the crediting of an amount to the Income Management Record, or to a person’s income management account, under this Part; and (b) the debiting of an amount from the…

Section 123AB — Verification of maintenance income for Youth Allowance Rate Calculator

(1) The method statement in this section applies if the Secretary is required by section 126A to review one or more decisions determining a rate of youth allowance for a person for a period or…

Section 123B — Appointment of payment nominee

Subject to section 123D, the Secretary may, in writing: (a) appoint a person (including a body corporate) to be the payment nominee of another person for the purposes of the social security law; and…

Section 123SB — Definitions

In this Part: applicable school period has the meaning given by section 123SCG. balance of the qualified portion, of a category B welfare payment, a category D welfare payment or a relevant payment,…

Section 123SCB — Persons subject to the enhanced income management regime—school enrolment

Person who has a child who is not enrolled at school (1) For the purposes of this Part, a person is subject to the enhanced income management regime at a particular time (the test time) if: (a) at…

Section 123SDB — Exempt welfare payment recipient—inclusion in specified class

(1) The Secretary may, by writing, determine that a person is an exempt welfare payment recipient if the Secretary is satisfied that the person is included in a class of persons specified in an…

Section 123SLB — Payment of balance of qualified portion of category B welfare payment

If a category B welfare payment is payable to a person who is subject to the enhanced income management regime under section 123SCA, the Secretary must pay the balance of the qualified portion of the…

Section 123STB — Disclosure of information—school enrolment and attendance

(1) Despite any law (whether written or unwritten) in force in a State or Territory: (a) a State or Territory; or (b) a non-government school authority; or (c) any other person who is responsible for…

Section 123TB — Objects

The objects of this Part are as follows: (a) to reduce immediate hardship and deprivation by ensuring that the whole or part of certain welfare payments is directed to meeting the priority needs of:…

Section 123TGAB — Recognised State or Territory

The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine that a specified State or Territory is a recognised State or Territory for the purposes of this Part.

Section 123UCB — Persons subject to the income management regime—disengaged youth

(1) For the purposes of this Part, a person is subject to the income management regime at a particular time (the test time) if: (a) at the test time, the person is an eligible recipient of a category…

Section 123UGB — Exempt welfare payment recipient—inclusion in specified class

(1) The Secretary may, by writing, determine that a person is an exempt welfare payment recipient if the Secretary is satisfied that the person is included in a class of persons specified in an…

Section 123WB — Opening of income management accounts

Power (1) The Secretary may open an income management account in the name of a particular person. (2) The Secretary may open the income management account even if the person is not subject to the…

Section 123XJB — Deductions from category I welfare payments—lump sums

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person is subject to the income management regime under section 123UCA; and (b) a category I welfare payment is payable to the person otherwise than by…

Section 123XPAB — Deductions from category I welfare payments—lump sums

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person is subject to the income management regime under section 123UFAA; and (b) a category I welfare payment is payable to the person otherwise than by…

Section 123XPB — Deductions from category I welfare payments—lump sums

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person is subject to the income management regime under section 123UFA; and (b) a category I welfare payment is payable to the person otherwise than by…

Section 123XPBB — Deductions from additional economic support payments

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person is subject to the income management regime; and (b) an additional economic support payment is payable to the person. Deductions from additional…

Section 123YB — Secretary must have regard to the best interests of children

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person (the first person) is subject to the income management regime; and (b) the first person’s income management account has a credit balance; and (c) the…

Section 123ZB — Information-gathering powers—school enrolment and attendance

In determining the scope of the power conferred on the Secretary by section 192 or 195 to require the giving of information, or the production of a document, it is to be assumed that: (a) each…

Section 123ZEB — Disclosure of information to the Secretary—school enrolment and attendance

Section 123AC — Annualised maintenance income free area

For the purposes of the method statement in section 123AB, work out the annualised maintenance income free area for a parent of the person for the income year using this method statement. Method…

Section 123C — Appointment of correspondence nominee

Subject to section 123D, the Secretary may, in writing, appoint a person (including a body corporate) to be the correspondence nominee of another person for the purposes of the social security law.

Section 123SC — Persons subject to the enhanced income management regime—Queensland Commission

(1) For the purposes of this Part, a person is subject to the enhanced income management regime at a particular time (the test time) if: (a) at the test time, the person, or the person’s partner, is…

Section 123SCC — Persons subject to the enhanced income management regime—school attendance

Person who has a child with unsatisfactory school attendance (1) For the purposes of this Part, a person is subject to the enhanced income management regime at a particular time (the test time) if:…

Section 123SDC — Exempt welfare payment recipient—person is not the principal carer of a child

(1) The Secretary may, by writing, determine that a person is an exempt welfare payment recipient if: (a) the person is not the principal carer of a child who is a school age child or younger; and…

Section 123SLC — Recipient’s use of funds from category B welfare payments

A person who receives a category B welfare payment and is subject to the enhanced income management regime under section 123SCA: (a) may use the balance of the qualified portion of the payment, as…

Section 123STC — Disclosure of information—referrals by recognised State/Territory authority

Section 123TC — Definitions

In this Part: 2020 economic support payment means: (a) a first 2020 economic support payment under Division 1 of Part 2.6B of the 1991 Act; or (b) a second 2020 economic support payment under…

Section 123UC — Persons subject to the income management regime—child protection

(1) For the purposes of this Part, a person is subject to the income management regime at a particular time (the test time) if: (a) at the test time, the person, or the person’s partner, is an…

Section 123UCC — Persons subject to the income management regime—long-term welfare payment recipients

Section 123UGC — Exempt welfare payment recipient—person is not the principal carer of a child

(1) The Secretary may, by writing, determine that a person is an exempt welfare payment recipient at a particular time (the test time) if: (a) at the test time, the person is not the principal carer…

Section 123VC — Bank account

Amounts standing to the credit of the Income Management Record may be kept in a single bank account.

Section 123WC — Closing of income management accounts

The Secretary may close a person’s income management account if the balance of the income management account is nil, and: (a) the person is not subject to the income management regime; or (b) the…

Section 123XJC — Deductions from category I welfare payments—instalments

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person is subject to the income management regime under section 123UCB or 123UCC; and (b) an instalment of category I welfare payment is payable to the…

Section 123XPC — Deductions from economic security strategy payments

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person is subject to the income management regime; and (b) an economic security strategy payment is payable to the person. (2) However, this section does not…

Section 123YC — Vouchers—general

Section 123ZC — Child protection—notice of cancellation of category H welfare payments

Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person ceases to be subject to the income management regime under section 123UC because of the cancellation of a category H welfare payment of the person or…

Section 123AD — Annual amount of estimated maintenance income

For the purposes of the method statement in section 123AB, work out the annual amount of estimated maintenance income for a parent of a person using this method statement. Method statement Step 1.…

Section 123D — Provisions relating to appointments

(1) A person may be appointed as the payment nominee and the correspondence nominee of the same person. (2) The Secretary must not appoint a nominee for a person (the proposed principal) under…

Section 123SCD — Eligible care child

For the purposes of this Part, a person (the first person) is an eligible care child of another person at a particular time if, and only if: (a) at the particular time, the first person is a child…

Section 123SD — Persons subject to the enhanced income management regime—Northern Territory

Disengaged youth (1) For the purposes of this Part, a person is subject to the enhanced income management regime at a particular time (the test time) if: (b) at the test time, the person’s usual…

Section 123SDD — Exempt welfare payment recipient—person is the principal carer of a child

(1) The Secretary may, by writing, determine that a person is an exempt welfare payment recipient if: (a) the person is the principal carer of a child who is a school age child or younger; and (b) in…

Section 123SLD — Category B welfare payment to be split into qualified and unqualified portions

Payments by instalments (1) If an instalment of a category B welfare payment is payable to a person who is subject to the enhanced income management regime under section 123SCB or 123SCC: (a) the…