Social Security Legislation Amendment (Debit Card Trial) Act 2015 (144 of 2015)

Schedule 1   Trial of cashless welfare arrangements

Part 2   Other amendments

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

3   After section 228

Insert:

228A Payment of other deductions on request

(1) This section applies if a person asks the Secretary:

(a) to make deductions from an instalment of an amount, or from an amount, payable to the person under this Act (other than child care benefit); and

(b) to pay the amounts deducted to a business or organisation nominated by the person.

(2) The Secretary may make the deductions requested by the person, and if the Secretary does so, the Secretary must pay the amounts deducted to the business or organisation nominated by the person.