Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01032:clause:1_11
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11  Continuation of existing payment directions

(1) In this item:
Administration Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.
payment recipient means the person to whose relevant payment a pre‑existing direction related.
pre‑existing direction means:
 (a) a direction in force, under subsection 44(3) of the Administration Act; or
 (b) a direction given by virtue of paragraph 45(2)(b) of that Act and in force; or
 (c) a direction in force under subsection 47(5) of that Act;
immediately before the commencement of this Schedule.
relevant payment has the same meaning as in Part 3A of the Administration Act, as amended by this Schedule.
representative means the person specified in a pre‑existing direction as the person to whom the relevant payment, or part of the relevant payment, to which the direction related was to be paid.

(2) On and after the commencement of this Schedule, a pre‑existing direction continues in force as if:
 (a) the representative had consented in writing to appointment under section 123B of the Administration Act, as amended by this Schedule, as the payment nominee of the payment recipient; and
 (b) as if the direction were:
 (i) an appointment under section 123B of the Administration Act, as amended by this Schedule, of the representative as the payment nominee of the payment recipient; and
 (ii) a direction under that section that the whole, or the same part, as the case may be, of the relevant payment be paid to the payment nominee of the payment recipient.