Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 70

             (1)  If a person is being paid a carer payment because he or she is providing constant care (or, if section 197F of the 1991 Act applies to the person, care) for a care receiver (other than one to whom subsection 198(7) of the 1991 Act applies) or care receivers, the Secretary may give a notice to:

                     (a)  any care receiver who is 16 or more; or

                     (b)  a parent of any care receiver who is under 16;

that requires the care receiver or parent, as the case may be, to inform the Department if:

                     (c)  a specified event or change of circumstances occurs; or

                     (d)  he or she becomes aware that a specified event or change of circumstances is likely to occur.

             (2)  The notice may describe the event or change of circumstances specified in the notice as a notifiable event for the purposes of section 198C of the 1991 Act.