SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 No. 46, 1991 - SECT 121 Secretary may require notice of the happening of an event or a change in circumstances

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 No. 46, 1991 - SECT 121

121. (1) The Secretary may give a person to whom an invalid pension is being
paid a notice that requires the person to inform the Department if:

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

   (b)  the person becomes aware that a specified event or change of
        circumstances is likely to occur.

(2) An event or change of circumstances is not to be specified in a notice
under subsection (1) unless the occurrence of the event or change of
circumstances might affect the payment of the pension.

(3) A notice under subsection (1):

   (a)  must be in writing; and

   (b)  may be given personally or by post; and

   (c)  must specify how the person is to give the information to the
        Department; and

   (d)  must specify the period within which the person is to give the
        information to the Department; and

   (e)  must specify that the notice is given under this section.

(4) The period specified under paragraph (3) (d) must end at least 14 days
after:

   (a)  the day on which the event or change of circumstances occurs; or

   (b)  the day on which the person becomes aware that the event or change of
        circumstances is likely to occur.

(5) A person must not refuse or fail to comply with a notice under subsection
(1) to the extent that the person is capable of complying with the notice.
Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(6) A person must not, in purporting to comply with a notice under subsection
(1), knowingly or recklessly give information that is false or misleading in a
material particular.
Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(7) This section extends to:

   (a)  acts, omissions, matters and things outside Australia whether or not
        in a foreign country; and

   (b)  all persons irrespective of their nationality or citizenship.