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SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 75

Secretary's power to request tax file numbers
(1)
This section applies to a person in Australia who:

(a)
has made a claim for a social security payment; or

(b)
is receiving a social security payment.

(2)
The Secretary may request, but not compel, a person to whom this section applies:

(a)
if the person has a tax file number—to give the Secretary a written statement of the person's tax file number; or

(b)
if the person does not have a tax file number:

(i)
to apply to the Commissioner of Taxation for a tax file number; and
(ii)
to give the Secretary a written statement of the person's tax file number after the Commissioner of Taxation has issued it.
(3)
If:

(a)
this section applies to a person; and

(b)
the person is a member of a couple; and

(c)
the person's partner is in Australia;

the Secretary may request, but not compel, the person to give the Secretary a written statement of the tax file number of the person's partner.

(4)
If:

(a)
this section applies to a person (the recipient ) because the person is receiving a social security payment; and

(b)
the income of a person (other than the recipient) is required to be taken into account for the purpose of working out the rate of the recipient's social security payment; and

(c)
the person referred to in paragraph (b) is in Australia;

the Secretary may request, but not compel, the recipient to give the Secretary a written statement of the tax file number or numbers of each person who is a person referred to in paragraph (b).


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