sec.109Amendment or ending of voluntary agreement

sec.109 Amendment or ending of voluntary agreement

This section applies if— a person has entered into a voluntary agreement about income management with the commissioner; and the person asks the commissioner to amend or end the agreement. The commissioner must amend or end the agreement, as requested by the person, unless the commissioner is satisfied the amendment or ending would be detrimental to the interests, rights and wellbeing of children, and other vulnerable persons living in a welfare reform community area. The commission must give the secretary notice of the amendment or ending of the voluntary agreement. The notice must be in the approved form. The approved form must include provision for— the person’s name; and for a notice about amending a voluntary agreement, details of the amendment to— the period for which the person will be subject to income management under the agreement; or the proportion of the person’s welfare payment that is required to be deducted under income management. The amendment or ending of the voluntary agreement takes effect on the day the secretary, after receiving notice of the amendment or ending, acts under the Social Security Administration Act to give effect to the amendment or ending of the agreement. If the commissioner refuses to amend or end a person’s voluntary agreement, the registrar must give notice of the decision, and the reasons for it, to the person. The notice mentioned in subsection (7) must be accompanied by an appeal notice for the decision. s 109 amd 2011 No. 35 s 19 (sec.109-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person has entered into a voluntary agreement about income management with the commissioner; and the person asks the commissioner to amend or end the agreement. (sec.109-ssec.2) The commissioner must amend or end the agreement, as requested by the person, unless the commissioner is satisfied the amendment or ending would be detrimental to the interests, rights and wellbeing of children, and other vulnerable persons living in a welfare reform community area. (sec.109-ssec.3) The commission must give the secretary notice of the amendment or ending of the voluntary agreement. (sec.109-ssec.4) The notice must be in the approved form. (sec.109-ssec.5) The approved form must include provision for— the person’s name; and for a notice about amending a voluntary agreement, details of the amendment to— the period for which the person will be subject to income management under the agreement; or the proportion of the person’s welfare payment that is required to be deducted under income management. (sec.109-ssec.6) The amendment or ending of the voluntary agreement takes effect on the day the secretary, after receiving notice of the amendment or ending, acts under the Social Security Administration Act to give effect to the amendment or ending of the agreement. (sec.109-ssec.7) If the commissioner refuses to amend or end a person’s voluntary agreement, the registrar must give notice of the decision, and the reasons for it, to the person. (sec.109-ssec.8) The notice mentioned in subsection (7) must be accompanied by an appeal notice for the decision.