Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

This section applies if:

a person (the first person) is subject to the income management regime; and

under section 123YI or 123YJ, the Secretary has paid an amount to a third person; and

the payment resulted in the first person’s income management account being debited by an amount equal to the amount paid.

The Secretary may, by written notice given to the third person, require the third person to repay to the Commonwealth (as a debt due to the Commonwealth) so much of the amount paid as has not been applied by the relevant account holder for the purposes of the acquisition of goods or services.

For debt recovery, see Chapter 5 of the 1991 Act.

If:

the Secretary gives the third person a notice under subsection (2); and

the Secretary is aware of the amount (the relevant amount) that has not been applied by the relevant account holder for the purposes of the acquisition of goods or services;

If the Secretary makes a determination under subsection (3), then an amount equal to the relevant amount is:

credited to the Income Management Record; and

credited to the first person’s income management account.