Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 42T

             (1)  The Minister must, by legislative instrument, determine a method for working out a person's penalty amount for a no show no pay failure or a reconnection failure.

             (2)  The method determined for a no show no pay failure that a person commits on a day must not provide for a penalty amount for the person that is more than the following:

             (3)  The method determined for a reconnection failure that a person commits must not provide for a penalty amount for the person that is more than the total of the daily rates of the participation payment payable to the person during the reconnection failure period (before deducting a penalty amount).

             (4)  In addition, the method determined for a no show no pay failure or a reconnection failure must relate to:

                     (a)  for a person's no show no pay failure--the amount of the participation payment paid to the person on the day on which the person commits the no show no pay failure; or

                     (b)  for a person's reconnection failure--the amount of the participation payment paid to the person during the reconnection failure period.

             (5)  The method determined by the Minister for working out a person's penalty amount must not affect any rent assistance, pharmaceutical allowance or youth disability supplement payable to the person.

             (6)  The method determined may provide for a penalty amount that is nil.

             (7)  The legislative instrument may also deal with the amount of a penalty amount to be deducted from an instalment of a participation payment.