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Social Security (Administration) (Declared voluntary income management areas – Western Australia (No. 1)) Determination 2008

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This determination designates specific Western Australian postcode areas as voluntary income management zones under the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, allowing eligible social security recipients in those areas to opt in. Participating recipients have a portion of their payments quarantined for priority goods and services (food, housing, healthcare), and the change affects recipients and agencies (DSS/Centrelink) administering the scheme.

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Social Security (Administration) (Declared

voluntary income management areas — Western Australia (No. 1)) Determination 2008

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

I, JENNY MACKLIN, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, acting under paragraph 123TGA(c) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 and on behalf of the Minister for Education and the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make this Determination.

Dated 18 November 2008

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Social Security (Administration) (Declared

voluntary income management areas — Western Australia (No. 1)) Determination 2008.

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Definition

In this Determination:

Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

4 Declared voluntary income management areas

(1) Each area specified in Schedule 1 is a declared voluntary income management area for the purposes of Part 3B of the Act.

(2) For Schedule 1, an area corresponds with a postcode that has been allocated by Australia Post in respect of Western Australia.

Schedule 1 Declared voluntary income management areas

(section 4)

6055

6100

6101

6102

6103

6104

6105

6106

6107

6147

6148

6149

6151

6152

6155

6725

6726

6728

6740

6743

6765

6770

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