Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

This section applies if:

a person is subject to the income management regime under section 123UFAA; and

a category I welfare payment is payable to the person otherwise than by instalments.

The following provisions have effect:

the Secretary must deduct from the category I welfare payment the deductible portion of the payment;

an amount equal to the deductible portion of the payment is credited to the Income Management Record;

an amount equal to the deductible portion of the payment is credited to the person’s income management account.

For the purposes of subsection (2), the deductible portion of a category I welfare payment is:

100%; or

if a lower percentage is specified in a legislative instrument made by the Minister for the purposes of this paragraph—the lower percentage;

An instrument under paragraph (3)(b) may specify different percentages depending on one or more of the following:

the category I welfare payments payable to persons subject to the income management regime under section 123UFAA;

the usual place of residence of those persons;

the recognised State/Territory authorities whose officers or employees may give a notice of the kind referred to in paragraph 123UFAA(1)(b).