Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 123SLI — 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 123SCJ: (a) may use the balance of the qualified portion of the payment, as…
Section 123TI — Excluded goods and excluded services
Excluded goods (1) Each of the following goods are excluded goods for the purposes of this Part: (a) alcoholic beverages; (b) tobacco products; (c) pornographic material; (d) goods specified in a…
Section 123UI — Applicable school period
(1) For the purposes of this Part, an applicable school period in relation to a child is a period ascertained in accordance with a legislative instrument made by the Minister for the purposes of this…
Section 123WI — Account statements to be given
Scope (1) This section applies if an income management account is kept in the name of a person. Account statement to be given (2) At least once each quarter, the Secretary must give the person a…
Section 123XI — 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 123UC; and (b) an instalment of a category I welfare payment is payable to the person.…
Section 123YI — Crediting of account—general
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 123ZI — Breach of condition relating to crediting of account
Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person (the first person) is subject to the income management regime; and (b) under section 123YI or 123YJ, the Secretary has paid an amount to a third…
Section 123J — Compliance by correspondence nominee
(1) If, under section 123I, a notice is given to a benefit recipient’s correspondence nominee, the following paragraphs have effect: (a) for the purposes of the social security law, other than this…
Section 123SCJ — Persons subject to the enhanced income management regime—referrals by recognised State/Territory authority
Person given notice by a recognised State/Territory authority (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 123SJ — 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 123SC: (a) the percentage of…
Section 123SLJ — Relevant payment to be split into qualified and unqualified portions
Payments by instalments (1) If an instalment of a relevant payment is payable to a person who is subject to the enhanced income management regime under section 123SCL: (a) the percentage of the gross…
Section 123TJ — Pornographic material
(1) For the purposes of this Part, pornographic material is: (a) a publication, film or computer game classified RC; or (b) an unclassified publication, film or computer game that contains material…
Section 123UJ — Eligible care period
(1) For the purposes of this Part, an eligible care period is a period ascertained in accordance with a legislative instrument made by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection. (2) A period…
Section 123WJ — Payment of credit balances of income management accounts—person ceases to be subject to the income management regime
Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) at a particular time, a person (the first person) ceases to be subject to the income management regime; and (b) the first person’s income management account has…
Section 123XJ — 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 123UC; and (b) a category I welfare payment is payable to the person otherwise than by…
Section 123XPJ — Deductions from clean energy income-managed payments
Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person is subject to the income management regime; and (b) a clean energy income-managed payment is payable to the person. Deductions from clean energy…
Section 123YJ — Crediting of account—Part 3B payment nominee
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 123ZJ — Value of action taken under Division 6 exceeds credit balance 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 Secretary purports to take action under Division 6; and (c) apart from this…
Section 123K — Notification by nominee of matters affecting ability to act as nominee
(1) The Secretary may give a nominee of a benefit recipient a notice that requires the nominee to inform the Department if: (a) either: (i) an event or change of circumstances occurs; or (ii) the…
Section 123SCK — Recognised State/Territory authority
(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine that: (a) a specified department, or a specified part of a department, of a State or Territory; or (b) a specified body of a State or…
Section 123SK — 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 123SC, the Secretary must pay the balance of the qualified portion of the…
Section 123SLK — Payment of balance of qualified portion of relevant payment
If a relevant payment is payable to a person who is subject to the enhanced income management regime under section 123SCL, the Secretary must pay the balance of the qualified portion of the payment…
Section 123TK — Eligible recipient
(1) For the purposes of this Part, if a claim by a person for a particular payment is granted, the person is an eligible recipient of the payment during the period: (a) beginning on: (i) if the…
Section 123UK — Unsatisfactory school attendance situation
(1) For the purposes of this Part, the question whether an unsatisfactory school attendance situation exists, or has existed, in relation to a child is to be ascertained in accordance with a…
Section 123WK — Payment into bank account etc. of credit balances of income management accounts—person ceases to be subject to the income management regime
Scope (1) This section applies to an amount that is to be paid to a person as: (a) an instalment under subsection 123WJ(4); or (b) a lump sum under subsection 123WJ(7). Payment into bank account etc.…
Section 123XK — 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 123UD or 123UE; and (b) an instalment of a category I welfare payment is payable to the…
Section 123XPK — Deductions from ETR income-managed payments
Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person is subject to the income management regime; and (b) an ETR income-managed payment is payable to the person. Deductions from ETR income-managed payments…
Section 123YK — Transfers to accounts—general
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 123ZK — Secretary must comply with certain directions given by the Queensland Commission
Deductible portion (1) If: (a) a person is subject to the income management regime under section 123UF; and (b) under a law of Queensland, the Queensland Commission gives the Secretary a written…
Section 123L — Statement by payment nominee regarding disposal of money
(1) The Secretary may give the payment nominee of a benefit recipient a notice that requires the nominee to give the Department a statement giving particulars of the disposal by the nominee of money…
Section 123SCL — Persons subject to the enhanced income management regime—vulnerable welfare payment recipients
Person who is a vulnerable welfare payment recipient (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 123SL — 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 123SC: (a) may use the balance of the qualified portion of the payment, as…
Section 123SLL — Recipient’s use of funds from relevant payments
A person who receives a relevant payment and is subject to the enhanced income management regime under section 123SCL: (a) may use the balance of the qualified portion of the payment, as paid under…
Section 123UL — Formal warning—unsatisfactory school attendance situation
If: (a) a person is not subject to the income management regime under section 123UE; and (b) the person, or the person’s partner, has an eligible care child; and (c) an unsatisfactory school…
Section 123WL — Payment of credit balances of income management accounts—person dies
Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) an income management account is kept in the name of a person; and (b) the person dies; and (c) at the time of the person’s death, the person’s income management…
Section 123XL — 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 123UD or 123UE; and (b) a category I welfare payment is payable to the person otherwise than…
Section 123YL — Transfers to accounts—Part 3B payment nominee
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 123ZL — Surrender of unused vouchers and unused stored value cards
Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person (the first person) is subject to the income management regime; and (b) either: (i) the Secretary has given the first person or another person a voucher…
Section 123M — Protection of principal against liability for actions of nominee
Nothing in this Part has the effect of rendering a person guilty of an offence against this Act in respect of any act or omission of the person’s correspondence nominee.
Section 123SCM — Determination by Secretary—vulnerable welfare payment recipient
Determination (1) The Secretary may, by writing, determine that a person is a vulnerable welfare payment recipient for the purposes of this Part. (2) In deciding whether to make a determination under…
Section 123SM — Category D welfare payment to be split into qualified and unqualified portions
Payments by instalments (1) If an instalment of a category D welfare payment is payable to a person who is subject to the enhanced income management regime under section 123SD or 123SDA: (a) the…
Section 123UM — Voluntary 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 income management regime throughout the period when the agreement is…
Section 123WM — Payment into bank account etc. of credit balances of income management accounts—person dies
Scope (1) This section applies to an amount that is to be paid to a person under paragraph 123WL(3)(a) or (b). Payment into bank account etc. (2) The amount is to be paid to the credit of a bank…
Section 123XM — Deductions from category Q welfare payments—instalments
Scope (1) This section applies if: (a) a person is subject to the income management regime under subsection 123UF(1) or (3); and (b) an instalment of a category Q welfare payment is payable to the…
Section 123YM — Restricted direct payment—general
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 123ZM — Vouchers
(1) The Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, purchase vouchers to be given under subsection 123YC(2) or 123YD(2). (2) The Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth: (a) issue vouchers to…
Section 123N — Protection of nominee against criminal liability
(1) A nominee is not subject to any criminal liability under the social security law in respect of: (a) any act or omission of the principal; or (b) anything done, in good faith, by the nominee in…
Section 123SN — Payment of balance of qualified portion of category D welfare payment
If a category D welfare payment is payable to a person who is subject to the enhanced income management regime under section 123SD or 123SDA, the Secretary must pay the balance of the qualified…
Section 123UN — Duration of voluntary income management agreement
(1) A voluntary income management agreement in relation to a person (the first person): (a) comes into force at the time specified in the agreement, so long as: (i) at that time, the first person is…
Section 123WN — Crediting of amounts to income management accounts—Ministerial rules
The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules providing that an amount ascertained in accordance with the rules is to be credited to: (a) the Income Management Record; and (b) a person’s…