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Social Security (Administration) (Penalty Amount) Determination 2015 (No. 1)

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

I, LUKE HARTSUYKER, Assistant Minister for Employment, make this determination under subsection 42T(1) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

Dated   18 May 2015

LUKE HARTSUYKER
Assistant Minister for Employment
1 Name of determination

  This determination is the Social Security (Administration) (Penalty Amount) Determination 2015 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This determination commences on 1 July 2015.

3 Authority

      This determination is made under subsection 42T(1) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

4 Revocation of previous penalty amount determinations and saving of penalties

      (1) The Social Security (Administration) (Penalty Amount) (DEEWR) Determination 2012 (No. 1) and the Social Security (Administration) (Penalty Amount) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2012 (No. 1) are revoked.

      (2) Despite the revocations in subsection (1), the Social Security (Administration) (Penalty Amount) (DEEWR) Determination 2012 (No. 1) and the Social Security (Administration) (Penalty Amount) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2012 (No. 1) continue in relation to penalties for no show no pay failures and reconnection failures committed before 1 July 2015.

5 Definitions

In this determination:

Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

daily penalty rate has the same meaning as in subsection 9(1) of this determination.

instalment period has the same meaning as in section 43 of the Act.

no show no pay failure has the same meaning as in subsection 42C(1) of the Act.

non-attendance failure has the same meaning as in subsection 42SC(1) of the Act.

non-attendance failure penalty period has the same meaning as in subsection 42T(3B) of the Act.

penalty-affected rate has the same meaning as in subsection 9(4) of this determination.

reconnection failure has the same meaning as in subsection 42H(1) of the Act.

reconnection failure period has the same meaning as in subsection 42H(4) of the Act.

weekday means a day that is not a Saturday or Sunday.

6 Reconnection penalty amount

  A person's penalty amount for a reconnection failure is the sum of the daily penalty rates for each weekday that falls in the reconnection failure period.

7 No show no pay penalty amount

  A person's penalty amount for a no show no pay failure on a particular day is the daily penalty rate.

8 Non-attendance failure penalty amount

      A person's penalty amount for a non-attendance failure is the sum of the daily penalty rates for each weekday that falls in the non-attendance failure penalty period.

9 Calculating the daily penalty rate

  (1) The daily penalty rate for a day in a particular instalment period is the lesser of the amount worked out in accordance with subsection (2) and the amount worked out in accordance with subsection (3).

      First method

  (2) The first method for working out the daily penalty