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SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 47C

Payment of economic security strategy payments and training and learning bonuses

  (1)   If an individual is qualified for an economic security strategy payment, the Secretary must pay the payment to the individual in a single lump sum:

  (a)   on 8   December 2008, or on such later date that the Secretary considers to be the earliest date on which it is reasonably practicable for the payment to be made; and

  (b)   in such manner as the Secretary considers appropriate.

  (2)   If an individual is qualified for a training and learning bonus, the Secretary must pay the bonus in a single lump sum:

  (a)   to the individual; and

  (b)   on the date that the Secretary considers to be the earliest date on which it is reasonably practicable for the payment to be made; and

  (c)   in such manner as the Secretary considers appropriate.

  (3)   Despite paragraph   (2)(a) of this section, if:

  (a)   the individual is qualified for a training and learning bonus under paragraph   910(2)(a) of the 1991 Act because the individual was receiving youth allowance in respect of 3   February 2009; and

  (b)   the whole or a part of the individual's instalment of youth allowance in respect of a period that included that day was paid to a parent of the individual under section   45 of this Act;

the Secretary may pay the whole, or the same proportion, of the individual's training and learning bonus to that parent or to any other person.

  (4)   Despite paragraph   (2)(a) of this section, if:

  (a)   the individual is qualified for a training and learning bonus:

  (i)   under paragraph   910(2)(e) of the 1991 Act because the individual was receiving a payment under the ABSTUDY Scheme in respect of 3   February 2009; or

  (ii)   under paragraph   910(2)(f) or (g) of the 1991 Act because the individual was receiving an education allowance referred to in that paragraph in respect of that day; and

  (b)   the whole or a part of the individual's instalment of the payment or allowance in respect of a period that included that day was paid to a person (the recipient ) other than the individual;

the Secretary may pay the whole, or the same proportion, of the individual's training and learning bonus to the recipient or to any other person.



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