Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 No. 46, 1991 - SECT 849

849. (1) To be a proper claim, a claim must be lodged:

   (a)  at an office of the Department; or

   (b)  at a place approved for the purpose by the Secretary; or

   (c)  with a person approved for the purpose by the Secretary.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), a place or person approved under subsection (1)
must be a place or person in Australia.

(3) The Secretary may approve a place or person outside Australia under
subsection (1) for the purpose of lodgment of claims made under an
international agreement. Note: for international agreements see Part 4.1.