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Family Assistance (Household Organisational Management Expenses (HOME) Advice Program) Determination 2004

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What this does: This determination allows Centrelink and other government agencies to use your private family assistance information (normally kept strictly confidential) for a specific budgeting help program called HOME Advice.

Who it affects: Families receiving family assistance payments who participate in, or are referred to, the Household Organisational Management Expenses (HOME) Advice Program.

Why it matters: Normally, your Centrelink records are "protected information" (sensitive personal data that cannot be shared under privacy laws). This determination creates a specific exception so that caseworkers can access, record, and share necessary details to help families get advice on managing household expenses and improving their financial organization. It ensures the HOME Advice program can operate effectively without caseworkers breaching privacy laws.

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Family Assistance (Household Organisational Management Expenses (HOME) Advice Program) Determination 2004

I, Kay Christine Lesley Patterson, Minister for Family and Community Services, make the following determination under subsection 162(3) of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999.

Dated 4th June 2004.

Kay Patterson

Minister for Family and Community Services

Name of determination

This determination may be cited as the Family Assistance (Household Organisational Management Expenses (HOME) Advice Program) Determination 2004.

Commencement

This determination takes effect at the end of the period in which it could be disallowed in either House of the Parliament.

Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999.

HOME Advice Program means the Household Organisational Management Expenses (HOME) Advice Program.

protected information has the meaning given by subsection 3(1) of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999.

Purpose

This determination specifies that the purposes of the HOME Advice Program are purposes for which protected information may be obtained under subsection 162(1), or recorded, disclosed or otherwise used under subsection 162(2) of the Act.

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1 Family Assistance (Household Organisational Management Expenses (HOME) Advice Program) Determination 2004

Family Assistance (Household Organisational Management Expenses (HOME) Advice Program) Determination 2004

Dated 4th June 2004.

Kay Patterson

Minister for Family and Community Services

Name of determination

This determination may be cited as the Family Assistance (Household Organisational Management Expenses (HOME) Advice Program) Determination 2004.

Commencement

This determination takes effect at the end of the period in which it could be disallowed in either House of the Parliament.

Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999.

HOME Advice Program means the Household Organisational Management Expenses (HOME) Advice Program.

protected information has the meaning given by subsection 3(1) of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999.

Purpose

This determination specifies that the purposes of the HOME Advice Program are purposes for which protected information may be obtained under subsection 162(1), or recorded, disclosed or otherwise used under subsection 162(2) of the Act.