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StatuteSocial Security Act 2018

Section 418 — Social Security Act 2018: Regulations: general

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418 Regulations: general Regulations for purposes of specified provisions (1) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations for the purposes of all or any of the following provisions: Part 2—Assistance (a) sections 27 , 28 , 37 , 41 , 42 , 80 , 81 , 88 , 134 , 164 , 167 , 379 (prescription, for provision’s purposes, of health practitioners acting within their scope of practice ( see the definition in Schedule 2 of prescribed health practitioner)): (b) section 35(2)(a) (supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: when does person have restricted work capacity: period prescribed): (c) section 55(1) (youth payment: incentive payments): (d) section 62(1) (young parent payment: incentive payments): Part 3—Obligations (e) section 143(1)(b) (time when work-test obligation applies): (f) section 152 , definition of evidential drug test, paragraph (c): (g) section 152 , definition of pass, paragraphs (a) and (b): (h) section 152 , definition of screening drug test, paragraph (c)(iii): Part 4—Factors affecting benefits (i) sections 192(2) and 194(2) (reduction amount, and additional reduction amount): Part 5—Enforcement: sanctions and offences (j) section 250(1)(e) (excuse of good and sufficient reason: failure to comply with drug-testing obligation): Part 6—Administration (k) sections 341(1) and (3)(d) and 342(1)(b) (which relate to youth support payments): (l) section 344(2) (young person beneficiaries may elect money management): (m) section 373(1)(a)(ii) and (b) (administration service providers: contracts): (n) section 374(1)(c) (administration service providers: contents and form of contracts): Schedules (o) clause 11 of Schedule 3, definition of appropriate number of weeks, paragraph (b) (calculation of income: interpretation): (p) clause 10(3) of Schedule 6 (code of conduct: relationship with Privacy Act 1993 code of practice): (q) clause 20(2) of Schedule 6 (disclosure of information about people to whom service provider’s contract applies). Regulations for other matters contemplated, necessary for administration, or necessary for giving full effect (2) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations providing for any other matters contemplated by this Act, necessary for its administration, or necessary for giving it full effect. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 132

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