Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Support and Other Measures) Act 2022 (14 of 2022)

Schedule 8   2022 cost of living payment

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

17   After section 47AH

Insert:

47AI Payment of 2022 cost of living payment

(1) If a person is qualified for a 2022 cost of living payment under Division 1 of Part 2.6D 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 29 March 2022, 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.