Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Act 2020 (22 of 2020)

Schedule 4   Stimulus payments to households to support growth

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

31   After section 47AD

Insert:

47AE Payment of first 2020 economic support payment

(1) If a person is qualified for a first 2020 economic support payment under Division 1 of Part 2.6B of the 1991 Act, the Secretary must, subject to subsection (2), pay the payment to the person in a single lump sum:

(a) on the date that the Secretary considers to be the earliest date on which it is reasonably practicable for the payment to be paid; and

(b) in such manner as the Secretary considers appropriate.

(2) The Secretary must not pay the payment on or after 1 July 2022.

47AF Payment of second 2020 economic support payment

(1) If a person is qualified for a second 2020 economic support payment under Division 2 of Part 2.6B of the 1991 Act, the Secretary must, subject to subsection (2), pay the payment to the person in a single lump sum:

(a) on the date, occurring on or after 10 July 2020, that the Secretary considers to be the earliest date on which it is reasonably practicable for the payment to be paid; and

(b) in such manner as the Secretary considers appropriate.

(2) The Secretary must not pay the payment on or after 1 July 2023.