Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458:clause:5_238
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 238
Character Range: 866384–867559

238  Payments to Commissioner of Taxation or the Child Support Registrar
 (1) The Secretary must, in accordance with section 218 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, or Subdivision 260‑A in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953, for the purpose of enabling the collection of an amount that is, or may become, payable by a recipient of a social security payment:
 (a) make deductions from the instalments of, or make a deduction from, the social security payment payable to a person; and
 (b) pay the amount deducted to the Commissioner of Taxation.
 (1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to a social security payment that is a payment of an essential medical equipment payment.
 (1B) Subsection (1) does not apply to a social security payment that is a student start‑up loan.
 (2) The Secretary must, in accordance with a notice given to the Secretary under section 72AA of the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 in relation to the recipient of a social security pension or a social security benefit:
 (a) make deductions from the instalments of the pension or benefit payable to the person; and
 (b) pay the amounts deducted to the Registrar.