Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2009 Measures) Act 2010 (38 of 2010)

Schedule 2   Income management regime

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

5   After section 123WJ

Insert:

123WJA Ceasing payment of credit balances of income management accounts - person becomes subject to the income management regime again

(1) This section applies if:

(a) at a particular time, a person ceases to be subject to the income management regime; and

(b) at the time referred to in paragraph (a), there is a residual amount in relation to the person; and

(c) at any time after the cessation, the person becomes subject to the income management regime again; and

(d) at the time referred to in paragraph (c), the whole or a part of the residual amount has not been paid to the person in accordance with section 123WJ.

(2) The Secretary may determine that section 123WJ ceases to apply in relation to:

(a) the whole of the residual amount; or

(b) a part of the residual amount specified in the determination.

The determination has effect accordingly.

(3) In this section:

residual amount has the same meaning as in subsection 123WJ(2).