SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 238 Payments to Commissioner of Taxation or the Child Support Registrar

SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 238

  (1)   The Secretary must, in accordance with section   218 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 , or Subdivision   260 - A in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 , for the purpose of enabling the collection of an amount that is, or may become, payable by a recipient of a social security payment:

  (a)   make deductions from the instalments of, or make a deduction from, the social security payment payable to a person; and

  (b)   pay the amount deducted to the Commissioner of Taxation.

  (1A)   Subsection   (1) does not apply to a social security payment that is a payment of an essential medical equipment payment.

  (1B)   Subsection   (1) does not apply to a social security payment that is a student start - up loan.

  (2)   The Secretary must, in accordance with a notice given to the Secretary under section   72AA of the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 in relation to the recipient of a social security pension or a social security benefit:

  (a)   make deductions from the instalments of the pension or benefit payable to the person; and

  (b)   pay the amounts deducted to the Registrar.