Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00380:clause:5_1061zzb
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00380
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 1061ZZB
Character Range: 259259–260203

1061ZZB  Secretary may request recipient to give statement of parent's tax file number

Request for parent's tax file number
 (1) If:
 (a) a person (recipient) is obtaining financial supplement; and
 (b) the income of a parent of the recipient is required to be taken into account for the purpose of working out the recipient's eligibility for financial supplement; and
 (c) the parent is in Australia;
the Secretary may request but not compel the recipient to give the Secretary a written statement of the tax file number of the parent.

Failure to satisfy request
 (2) A recipient is not eligible to obtain financial supplement if, at the end of 28 days after a request is made:
 (a) the recipient has failed to satisfy the request; and
 (b) the Secretary has not exempted the recipient from having to satisfy the request.
 (3) In this section:
parent has the same meaning as in paragraph (b) of the definition of parent in subsection 5(1).