Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00814:clause:1_19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00814
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 19
Character Range: 26834–27667

19  Subsection 1231(1A)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:

 (1A) The Secretary is to determine the amount of a deduction that is to be made from a particular payment, and may determine an amount that would reduce the payment to nil if:
 (a) the deduction is to be made from a social security payment that is pension bonus or from a payment of arrears of social security payments; or
 (b) the deduction is to be made from a social security payment that is not pension bonus and the person to whom the payment would, apart from the deduction, be made has consented to the amount of the deduction being an amount that would reduce the payment to nil.

 (1AA) However, the Secretary must not make a determination that would reduce a payment to nil if the reduction to nil would result in the person being in severe financial hardship.