Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to the following social security payments:
(a) age pension;
(c) carer payment:
(d) disability support pension;
(e) parenting payment;
(f) special needs age pension;
(g) special needs disability support pension;
(i) special needs wife pension;
(m) farm household allowance in relation to a person who has reached pension age.
(2) If:
(a) a person claims, or is receiving, a social security payment to which this section applies; and
(b) the Secretary is satisfied that the person may be entitled to a comparable foreign payment from a foreign country if the person applied for the payment;
the Secretary may give the person a notice that requires the person to take reasonable action to obtain the payment at the highest rate applicable to the person.
(3) If:
(a) a person claims, or is receiving, a social security payment to which this section applies; and
(b) the Secretary is satisfied that the person's partner may be entitled to a comparable foreign payment from a foreign country if the partner applied for the payment;
the Secretary may give the person a notice that requires the partner to take reasonable action to obtain the payment at the highest rate applicable to the partner.
(4) A notice under subsection (2) or (3):
(a) must be given in writing; and
(b) may be given personally or by post or in any manner approved by the Secretary; and
(c) must specify the period within which the reasonable action is to be taken.
(5) The period specified under paragraph (4)(c) must not end earlier than 14 days after the day on which the notice is given.