Social Security (Waiver of Debts – Refugees) Specification 2019
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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia
Social Security (Waiver of Debts - Refugees) Specification 2019
I, Paul Fletcher, Minister for Families and Social Services, make the following Specification.
Dated 2 February 2019
Paul Fletcher
Minister for Families and Social Services
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Specification of class of debts
1 Name
This instrument is the Social Security (Waiver of Debts – Refugees) Specification 2019.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after the end of the period for disallowing it.
Note: For that period, see section 42 of the Legislation Act 2003.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 1237AB (1) of the Social Security Act 1991.
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
Act means the Social Security Act 1991.
5 Specification of class of debts
For subsection 1237AB (1) of the Act, a debt in the following class of debts is specified:
- a debt of a person that arises because the person receives or has received payments on the basis that a person who held a Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) visa from 5 October 2001 onwards was the holder of a permanent protection visa within the meaning of subparagraph (c)(i) of subsection 7(6B) of the Act.