Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

A NEW TAX SYSTEM (FAMILY ASSISTANCE) (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 224

             (1)  If a notice of a decision of an officer:

                     (a)  affecting a person's entitlement to be paid family assistance under the family assistance law; or

                     (b)  affecting a person's conditional eligibility for child care benefit by fee reduction; or

                     (c)  affecting a weekly limit of hours, a CCB %, a schooling %, eligibility for the special grandparent rate or a rate under section 81 of the Family Assistance Act applicable to a person; or

                  (caa)  about the amount of child care rebate applicable in respect of a person and a child for a week under Subdivision AAB of Division 4AA of Part 3; or

                    (ca)  about the amount of child care rebate applicable in respect of a person and a child for a quarter under Subdivision AA of Division 4AA of Part 3;

is:

                     (d)  delivered to a person personally; or

                     (e)  left at the address of the place of residence or business of the person last known to the Secretary; or

                      (f)  sent by prepaid post to the address of the person last know to the Secretary;

notice of the decision is taken, for the purposes of the family assistance law, to have been given to the person.

             (2)  Notice of a decision of an officer affecting or about a matter referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c) or (ca) may be given to a person by properly addressing, prepaying and posting the document as a letter.

             (3)  If notice of a decision is given in accordance with subsection (2), notice of the decision is taken to have been given to the person at the time at which the notice would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post, unless the contrary is proved.