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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1061ZZAC

Secretary's decision

  (1)   If a person claims youth allowance, austudy payment or pensioner education supplement, the Secretary must decide whether the person is eligible to obtain financial supplement for a period that is the whole or a part of a year.

  (2)   Also, if:

  (a)   the Secretary has made a decision in a year that a person is eligible to obtain financial supplement for a period that is the whole or a part of that year; and

  (b)   the person is likely to:

  (i)   continue to undertake the person's tertiary course in the next year; or

  (ii)   undertake a new tertiary course in the next year when enrolments in the course are next accepted;

the Secretary must make a new decision, as early as practicable in the next year, about whether the person is eligible to obtain financial supplement for a period that is the whole or a part of that next year.

  (3)   If the Secretary decides that the person is eligible to obtain financial supplement for a period, the Secretary must give the person a notice (a supplement entitlement notice ):

  (a)   stating that the person is eligible to obtain financial supplement for that period; and

  (b)   specifying the minimum and maximum amounts of financial supplement that the person can obtain.

  (4)   This section does not apply in relation to a period that is the whole or part of a year if the year begins on or after the day on which the Student Assistance Legislation Amendment Act 2006 receives the Royal Assent.



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