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.