Section 112 — Social Security Act 2018: Beneficiary must supply tax file number

112 Beneficiary must supply tax file number (1) MSD may in writing request an applicant for a benefit or a beneficiary to provide evidence, to the satisfaction of MSD, of the tax file number of the applicant or beneficiary. (2) MSD may refuse to grant a benefit and must suspend payment of a benefit if satisfactory evidence of the tax file number of the applicant or the beneficiary is not received within 10 working days after the date on which the request is made (the deadline ). (3) MSD may in writing extend the deadline if an applicant or a beneficiary provides a reasonable explanation for not providing the evidence within the deadline. (4) This section does not apply to a beneficiary who is unable to provide satisfactory evidence of the beneficiary’s tax file number within the deadline or extended deadline specified because of any health condition, injury, or disability. (5) In this section, tax file number has the same meaning as in section YA 1 of the Income Tax Act 2007. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 82A