Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458:clause:5_195:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 195 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 816586–819276

195  Obtaining information to verify claims etc.
 (1) The Secretary may require a person to give information about a class of persons to the Department for any or all of the following purposes:
 (a) to detect cases in which amounts of social security payment under the social security law have been paid when they should not have been paid;
 (b) to detect cases in which concession cards have been granted to persons to whom they should not have been granted;
 (c) to verify the qualification of persons who have made claims for social security payments under the social security law for those payments;
 (caa) to facilitate the administration of Part 3AA;
 (ca) to facilitate the administration of Part 3B;
 (cb) to facilitate the administration of Part 3C (schooling requirements);
 (d) to verify the eligibility of persons who have applied for financial supplement.
 (2) The information that the Secretary may require about each person in the class of persons is all or any of the following information (but no other information):
 (a) full name and any previous name;
 (b) address;
 (c) sex;
 (d) marital status;
 (e) date of birth;
 (f) date of death;
 (g) dates of entries into and departures from Australia;
 (h) any payments received by the person from the person given the notice, within the period of 52 weeks before the giving of the notice, and the account number of the account into which any of those payments were paid;
 (ha) in relation to any legal or equitable estate or interest in real property held by the person:
 (i) the name of the owner of the property;
 (ii) the address of the property;
 (iii) the details of the title documents for the property;
 (i) in relation to a course of study (including an accelerator program course) being undertaken by the person:
 (i) the name of the educational institution that the person is attending; and
 (ii) the name of any educational institution previously attended by the person; and
 (iii) the person's enrolment status; and
 (iv) the person's student identification number; and
 (v) the name of the course; and
 (vi) the course code; and
 (vii) the date on which the course started or starts; and
 (viii) the date on which the course ends; and
 (ix) the subject or unit code; and
 (x) the normal full‑time study work load for the course; and
 (xi) indicators of the person's work load, including (but not limited to) effective full‑time student units, credit points, contact hours, number of subjects undertaken and number of assignments completed; and
 (xii) the number of semesters required to complete the course; and
 (xiii) the date on which the person first attended, or will first attend, the course; and
 (xiv) the