A New Tax System (Bonuses for Older Australians) Act 1999 (REPEALED)

Part 2 - Family and Community Services customers who qualify for bonus payment  

Division 6 - Miscellaneous  

19   Application of social security law  

(1)    
Except to the extent the provision is made in this Part, the social security law applies to:

(a) the making of a determination about whether to grant a proper claim for a bonus payment under this Part; and

(b) the making of any payment as a result of such a determination; and

(c) any other matter relating to such a determination or payment;

in the same way as that law applies in the making of determinations about, and payments of, pension bonus under that law.

(2)    
For this purposes of so applying the social security law:

(a) references in that law to that law itself are taken to include references to this Act; and

(b) any modifications of that law that are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section apply.

(3)    
For the purposes of this section:

social security law
means:

(a) the Social Security Act 1991 ; and

(b) the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 ; and

(c) the Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999 ; and

(d) any other Act that is expressed to form part of the social security law.

Note:

This section means that the provisions of the social security law dealing with matters such as the following will apply:

• review of determinations;

• recovery of overpayments;

• delegations;

• information gathering;

• offences relating to false statements;

• evidentiary matters.