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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1061ZZGA

What is an assurance of support?

    In this Chapter:

"assurance of support" means an undertaking by a person under this Chapter that the person will pay the Commonwealth an amount equal to the amount of social security payments that are:

  (a)   received in respect of a period by another person who:

  (i)   is identified in the undertaking; and

  (ii)   becomes the holder under the Migration Act 1958 of a visa granted in connection with the undertaking (whether or not the person continues to hold the visa throughout the period); and

  (b)   specified in a determination in force under section   1061ZZGH when the payments are received.

Note:   An assurance of support may relate to social security payments received by 2 or more persons. See paragraph   23(b) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .


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