FaHCSIA Amendment Bill 2011, Schedule 4, Notice of payments of recompense for personal injuries
Information about the Inquiry
On 15 June 2011 the Senate referred the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011 for inquiry and report.
The 2010-11 Budget measure, Streamline the Notification Processes for Compensation Recipients, is introduced by this Schedule. The new provisions require payers of compensation, such as insurance companies, to
notify Centrelink of proposed payments of compensation. Centrelink will then use this information to determine the social security entitlements of the compensation recipient or their partner. This will reduce the risk of individuals
incurring unnecessary debt to the Commonwealth and receiving income support payments to which they or their partner are not entitled.
Submissions should be received by 20 June 2011. The reporting date is 22 June 2011.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to economics.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
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Australia
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