Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1992 No. 229, 1992 - SECT 102

102. After section 877 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted
in Subdivision C of Division 9 of Part 2.17: Changes to payments by computer
following automatic termination or reduction

"877A. If:

   (a)  a person is receiving a family payment on the basis of data in a
        computer; and

   (b)  the family payment is automatically terminated or the family payment
        rate is automatically reduced by the operation of a provision of this
        Act; and

   (c)  the automatic termination or reduction is given effect to by the
        operation of a computer program approved by the Secretary stopping
        payment or reducing the rate of payment of the family payment; there
        is taken to be a decision by the Secretary that the automatic
        termination or rate reduction provision applies to the person's family
        payment. Note: the decision that is taken to have been made is a
        decision of an officer for the purposes of review by the Secretary
        (see sections 1239 and 1240) and the Social Security Appeals Tribunal
        (see section 1247).".