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28 Verification for payment

Information may be disclosed for the purpose of this section if:

(a) the disclosure is necessary to verify a circumstance by which a homeless young person who is under 15 years may qualify for a payment under the family assistance law or a social security payment on the ground of being a homeless person; and

(b) in order to verify the circumstance, a parent, or the parents, of the homeless young person must be asked whether the homeless young person is able to live at the home of his or her parent or parents.

Note 1 Payments made under the family assistance law, appropriated for the purpose, are made by the Human Services Department on behalf of the Department.

Note 2 Social security payments, appropriated for the purpose, are made by Human Services Department on behalf of the Department in accordance with section 8A of the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997.