Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458:clause:5_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 1
Character Range: 921538–923728

1  References to the Secretary and the Department—requirements etc. by delegate
 (1) If the Secretary delegates to the CEO or an employee of the Agency a power under the social security law to require or request a person to give the Secretary a document or information, the delegate may, in exercising the power, require or request the person to give the document or information to the Chief Executive Centrelink instead of the Secretary.
 (2) If the Secretary delegates to the Chief Executive Centrelink or a Departmental employee (within the meaning of the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997) a power under the social security law to require or request a person to give or send to, or lodge with, the Department a document or information, the delegate may, in exercising the power, require or request the person to give or send the document or information to the Human Services Department, or lodge it with the Human Services Department, instead of the Department.
 (3) A person who:
 (a) gives a document or information to the Chief Executive Centrelink; or
 (b) gives or sends a document or information to the Human Services Department, or lodges it with the Human Services Department;
in compliance with a requirement or a request by a delegate of the Secretary is to be treated for all purposes as if the person had:
 (c) given the document or information to the Secretary; or
 (d) given or sent the document or information to the Department, or lodged it with the Department;
as the case may be, in compliance with a requirement or request by the Secretary.
 (4) A person who:
 (a) does not give a document or information to the Chief Executive Centrelink; or
 (b) does not give or send a document or information to the Human Services Department, or lodge it with the Human Services Department;
in compliance with a requirement or request by a delegate of the Secretary is to be treated for all purposes as if the person:
 (c) had not given the document or information to the Secretary; or
 (d) had not given or sent the document or information to the Department, or lodged it with the Department;
as the case may be, in compliance with a requirement or request by the Secretary.