Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

Subject to section 123S and subsection (4), any act that may be done by a benefit recipient under, or for the purposes of, the social security law (other than an act for the purposes of Division 2 or 3) may be done by the benefit recipient’s correspondence nominee.

Without limiting subsection (1), an application or claim that may be made under the social security law by a benefit recipient may be made by the benefit recipient’s correspondence nominee on behalf of the benefit recipient, and an application or claim so made is taken to be made by the benefit recipient.

An act done by a benefit recipient’s correspondence nominee under this section has effect, for the purposes of the social security law (other than this Part), as if it had been done by the benefit recipient.

If, under a provision of the social security law, the Secretary:

gives to a benefit recipient who has a correspondence nominee a notice making a requirement of the benefit recipient; or

notifies a benefit recipient who has a correspondence nominee that the benefit recipient is required to do an act;