Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00406:clause:2_989
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00406
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 989
Character Range: 113365–114151

989  Changes to payments by computer following automatic termination

  If:
 (a) a person is receiving carer allowance on the basis of data in a computer; and
 (b) the allowance is automatically terminated by the operation of a provision of this Act; and
 (c) the automatic termination is given effect to by the operation of a computer program approved by the Secretary stopping payment of the allowance;
there is taken to be a decision by the Secretary that the automatic termination provision applies to the person's allowance.

Note: The decision that is taken to have been made is a decision of an officer for the purposes of review by the Secretary (see sections 1239 and 1240) and the Social Security Appeals Tribunal (see section 1247).

Subdivision C—Automatic rate reduction