Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458:section:13:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 13 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 44434–46996

13  Deemed claim—person contacting Department about a claim for a social security payment
 (1) For the purposes of the social security law, if:
 (a) the Department is contacted by or on behalf of a person in relation to a claim for a social security payment; and
 (aa) the person is, on the day on which the Department is contacted, included in a class of persons determined in an instrument under section 14A; and
 (b) the person is, on the day on which the Department is contacted, qualified for the social security payment; and
 (d) the person lodges a claim for the social security payment within 14 days after the Department is contacted;
the person is taken to have made a claim for the social security payment on the day on which the Department was contacted.
 (2) For the purposes of the social security law, if:
 (a) the Department is contacted by or on behalf of a person in relation to a claim for a social security payment, other than crisis payment or special employment advance; and
 (aa) the person is, on the day on which the Department is contacted, included in a class of persons determined in an instrument under section 14A; and
 (b) the person is, on the day on which the Department is contacted, qualified for the social security payment; and
 (d) the person lodges a claim for the payment more than 14 days, but not more than 13 weeks, after the Department is contacted; and
 (e) the Secretary is satisfied that:
 (i) throughout the period starting on the day on which the Department was contacted and ending on the day on which the person lodged the claim, the person was suffering from a medical condition; and
 (ii) that medical condition, or circumstances related to that medical condition, had a significant adverse effect on the person's ability to lodge the claim earlier;
the person is taken to have made a claim for the social security payment on the day on which the Department was contacted.
 (3) For the purposes of the social security law, if:
 (a) the Department is contacted by or on behalf of a person (the claimant) in relation to a claim for a social security payment, other than crisis payment or special employment advance; and
 (aa) the claimant is, on the day on which the Department is contacted, included in a class of persons determined in an instrument under section 14A; and
 (b) the claimant is, on the day on which the Department is contacted, qualified for the social security payment; and
 (d) the claimant lodges a claim for the payment more than 14 days, but not more than 13 weeks, after the Department is