Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00568:clause:2_57gj
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00568
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 57GJ
Character Range: 181023–182438

57GJ  Security notice from Attorney‑General
 (1) The Attorney‑General may give the Minister a written notice requiring that this Division apply in relation to a specified individual if:
 (a) the Foreign Affairs Minister gives the Attorney‑General a notice under section 57GK in relation to the individual; or
 (b) the Immigration Minister gives the Attorney‑General a notice under section 57GL in relation to the individual.
 (2) A notice under this section may recommend that payments of family assistance of the individual, to the extent set out in the notice, be paid to a payment nominee of the individual under Part 8B of the Family Assistance Administration Act.
 (3) Before giving a notice under this section, the Attorney‑General must have regard to the following:
 (a) the extent (if any) that any payments of family assistance of the individual are being, or may be, used for a purpose that might prejudice the security of Australia or a foreign country, if the Attorney‑General is aware of that extent;
 (b) the likely effect of the operation of section 57GI on the individual's dependants, if the Attorney‑General is aware of those dependants.
 (4) The Attorney‑General's Secretary must:
 (a) seek the advice of the Human Services Secretary in relation to paragraph (3)(b); and
 (b) inform the Attorney‑General of that advice.
 (5) Subsection (3) does not limit the matters to which regard may be had.