Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Economic Security Strategy) Act 2008 (131 of 2008)

Schedule 1   Economic security strategy payments under the Social Security Act

Social Security Act 1991

4   Subsection 1231(1AA)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1AA) However, the Secretary:

(a) must not make a determination that would reduce a payment to nil if the reduction to nil would result in the person being in severe financial hardship; and

(b) must not make a determination that would reduce (including reduce to nil) an economic security strategy payment, unless the person to whom the payment:

(i) is to be made; or

(ii) would, apart from the deduction, be made;

has requested that the Secretary determine under this section the amount of a deduction that is to be made from the payment.