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)    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.