123IGiving of notices to correspondence nominee

123I  Giving of notices to correspondence nominee  (1) Any notice that the Secretary is authorised or required by the social security law to give to a benefit recipient may be given by the Secretary to the benefit recipient’s correspondence nominee.  (2) The notice:  (a) must, in every respect, be in the same form, and in the same terms, as if it were being given to the benefit recipient; and  (b) may be given to the correspondence nominee personally or by post or in any other manner approved by the Secretary.  (a) under subsection (1), the Secretary gives a notice (the nominee notice) to a benefit recipient’s correspondence nominee; and  (b) the Secretary afterwards gives the benefit recipient a notice that:  (i) is expressed to be given under the same provision of the social security law as the nominee notice; and  (ii) makes the same requirement of the benefit recipient as the nominee notice; section 123J ceases to have effect in relation to the nominee notice.  (a) under subsection (1), the Secretary gives a notice (the nominee notice) to a benefit recipient’s correspondence nominee; and  (b) the Secretary has already given to the benefit recipient a notice that:  (i) is expressed to be given under the same provision of the social security law as the nominee notice; and  (ii) makes the same requirement of the benefit recipient as the nominee notice; section 123J does not have effect in relation to the nominee notice.