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Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997
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#### 40 Centrelink programs
(1) For the purposes of a law of the Commonwealth, the following are centrelink programs:
(a) services, benefits, programs or facilities, where:
(i) the Chief Executive Centrelink is; or
(ii) Departmental employees are;
involved in the provision of the services, benefits, programs or facilities; or
(b) services, benefits, programs or facilities specified in a legislative instrument made by the Minister for the purposes of this paragraph.
(2) However, the following are not centrelink programs:
(a) medicare programs;
(b) services, benefits, programs or facilities that are provided for under:
(i) the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989; or
(ii) the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988; or
(c) services, benefits, programs or facilities that are specified in a legislative instrument made by the Minister for the purposes of this paragraph.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a person is taken to be involved in the provision of services, benefits, programs or facilities if the person’s duties include:
(a) making payments in connection with the services, benefits, programs or facilities; or
(b) making decisions in connection with the services, benefits, programs or facilities; or
(c) collecting information in connection with the services, benefits, programs or facilities; or
(d) providing information about the services, benefits, programs or facilities.