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SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 192

General power to obtain information
The Secretary may require a person to give information, or produce a document that is in the person's custody or under the person's control, to the Department if the Secretary considers that the information or document may be relevant to one or more of the following:

(a)
the question whether a person who has made a claim for a social security payment is or was qualified for the payment;

(b)
the question whether a social security payment is payable to a person who is receiving the payment;

(c)
the question whether a social security payment was payable to a person who has received the payment;

(d)
the rate of social security payment that is or was applicable to a person;

(e)
the administration of an agreement between Australia and a foreign country on social security matters;

(f)
the question whether a person who has been granted a concession card is or was qualified for the card;

(g)
the question whether a person who has applied for financial supplement is eligible for the supplement;

(h)
the question whether a person who has obtained a financial supplement is or was eligible for the supplement;

(i)
the determination of the maximum amount of financial supplement that a person is eligible for.



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