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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1061PAAC

Reports about recoverable payments and recoverable death payments

  (1)   During the applicable publication period for a reporting period, the Secretary must cause to be published, in such manner as the Secretary thinks fit, a report that sets out:

  (a)   both:

  (i)   the number of payments made under subsection   1061PAAA(1) during the reporting period; and

  (ii)   the total amount of those payments; and

  (b)   both:

  (i)   the number of payments made under subsection   1061PAAB(1) during the reporting period; and

  (ii)   the total amount of those payments.

  (2)   However, a report is not required if:

  (a)   the number mentioned in subparagraph   (1)(a)(i) is zero; and

  (b)   the number mentioned in subparagraph   (1)(b)(i) is zero.

Deferred reporting

  (3)   Paragraph   (1)(a) of this section does not require a report to deal with a payment unless, before the preparation of the report, a Department official was aware the payment was made under subsection   1061PAAA(1).

Note:   For Department official , see section   1061PAAE.

  (4)   Paragraph   (1)(b) of this section does not require a report to deal with a payment unless, before the preparation of the report, a Department official was aware the payment was made under subsection   1061PAAB(1).

Note:   For Department official , see section   1061PAAE.

  (5)   For the purposes of this section, if:

  (a)   a payment was made under subsection   1061PAAA(1) or 1061PAAB(1) in a reporting period; and

  (b)   either:

  (i)   because of subsection   (3) of this section, paragraph   (1)(a) of this section did not require a report to deal with the payment; or

  (ii)   because of subsection   (4) of this section, paragraph   (1)(b) of this section did not require a report to deal with the payment; and

  (c)   during a later reporting period, a Department official becomes aware that the payment was made under subsection   1061PAAA(1) or 1061PAAB(1), as the case may be;

the payment is subject to a deferred reporting obligation in relation to the later reporting period.

Note:   For Department official , see section   1061PAAE.

  (6)   If one or more payments made under subsection   1061PAAA(1) during a reporting period are subject to a deferred reporting obligation in relation to a later reporting period, the Secretary must, during the applicable publication period for the later reporting period:

  (a)   prepare a report that sets out:

  (i)   the number of those payments; and

  (ii)   the total amount of those payments; and

  (iii)   the reporting period during which the payments were made; and

  (b)   if a report is required under subsection   (1) in relation to the later reporting period--include the paragraph   (a) report in the subsection   (1) report; and

  (c)   if paragraph   (b) does not apply--publish, in such manner as the Secretary thinks fit, the paragraph   (a) report.

  (7)   If one or more payments made under subsection   1061PAAB(1) during a reporting period are subject to a deferred reporting obligation in relation to a later reporting period, the Secretary must, during the applicable publication period for the later reporting period:

  (a)   prepare a report that sets out:

  (i)   the number of those payments; and

  (ii)   the total amount of those payments; and

  (iii)   the reporting period during which the payments were made; and

  (b)   if a report is required under subsection   (1) in relation to the later reporting period--include the paragraph   (a) report in the subsection   (1) report; and

  (c)   if paragraph   (b) does not apply--publish, in such manner as the Secretary thinks fit, the paragraph   (a) report.

Reporting period

  (8)   For the purposes of this section, a reporting period is:

  (a)   a financial year; or

  (b)   if a shorter recurring period is prescribed in an instrument under subsection   (9)--that period.

  (9)   The Minister may, by legislative instrument, prescribe a recurring period for the purposes of paragraph   (8)(b).

Applicable publication period

  (10)   For the purposes of this section, the applicable publication period for a reporting period is the period of:

  (a)   4 months; or

  (b)   if a lesser number of months is prescribed, in relation to the reporting period, in an instrument under subsection   (11)--that number of months;

beginning immediately after the end of the reporting period.

  (11)   The Minister may, by legislative instrument, prescribe a number of months, in relation to a reporting period, for the purposes of paragraph   (10)(b).


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