19Authorised payment recipient

19 Authorised payment recipient

(1) One of the following people may receive payments as agent for a participating person if the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) are satisfied: (a) the person recognised as the participating person’s payment nominee for the purposes of the social security law; or (b) the person recognised as the participating person’s trustee or agent for the purposes of veterans’ entitlements; or (c) a responsible person approved as an authorised payment recipient under section 20; or (d) an organisation authorised in accordance with subsection 21(2). (2) The conditions are: (a) the person who is to receive the payments as agent for the participating person has been notified to the Chief Executive Medicare, in the approved form, that that person is to receive the payments; and (b) if the applicant or participating person has a legal representative—the Chief Executive Medicare has not been notified by the legal representative that the CAPS payments are to be made to another person in accordance with this Scheme. (3) The person who is to receive the payments as agent for the participating person is the authorised payment recipient of the participating person.