10Function of providing specified services

10 Function of providing specified services

(1) A prescribed function of the Chief Executive Centrelink is to provide a service specified in the following table (a specified service) to any of the following: (a) a Commonwealth body; (b) a State or Territory body; (c) a local government body; (d) a non‑government organisation.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Specified services</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:91.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Description of service</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:91.42%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A service, benefit, program or facility that is intended to facilitate, promote or ensure the efficient and effective delivery of government services to, or relating to, an inmate of a correctional facility</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:91.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A service (known as Centrepay) of deducting an amount from a benefit payable to an individual and paying the amount directly to another person:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) with the individual’s consent, or as otherwise authorised or permitted by a law of the Commonwealth; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) consistently with arrangements between the Department and the other person</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:8.58%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:91.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A service (known as Centrelink confirmation e</span><span>‑</span><span>service) of giving information about an individual to another person:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) with the individual’s consent or direction; and</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) consistently with arrangements between the Department and the other person</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>