85Requirement to have farm financial assessment conducted

85 Requirement to have farm financial assessment conducted

(1) The Secretary may require a person to have a farm financial assessment conducted if the person is receiving, or has made a claim for, farm household allowance. (2) The Secretary must give a person who is required to have a farm financial assessment conducted written notice of: (a) the requirement; and (b) sufficient information for the person to organise the assessment; and (c) a description of the farm financial assessment supplement; and (d) the period within which the person must have the farm financial assessment conducted; and (e) a description of consequences that may apply if the person does not comply with the notice. (3) The Secretary may, in writing, extend the period under paragraph (2)(d) once by a specified period. (4) A farm financial assessment must be in a form approved by the Secretary. (5) A notice given in accordance with this section is taken to have been given under subsection 63(2) of the Social Security Administration Act.

Note: Farm household allowance may not be payable if a person does not comply with a notice (see section 64 of the Social Security Administration Act).