Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Act 2018 (26 of 2018)

Schedule 17   Information management

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

53   Subsection 196(5)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(5) If the notice requires the person to appear before an officer, the notice must specify:

(a) a time and place at which the person is to appear; and

(b) that the person may be accompanied by a lawyer.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (5), the time must be at least 14 days after the notice is given, unless the Secretary is satisfied that it is reasonable in the circumstances, for the purposes of the effective administration of the social security law, to specify an earlier time.