Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee (part 3 of 3)
5 June 2026
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Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Australian Parliament
00:01 - 00:30
Speaker 12
If a plan is is suspended, for for ninety days, the person's access to the scheme is is then revoked. That's another part of, of the legislation. How will discretion be granted for people who are in hospital, who are overseas, or are not contactable for, for legitimate reasons out of their control?
00:37 - 00:55
Speaker 14
So if you... If I'm reading the legislation, and this is very dangerous me doing statutory interpretation on the run, but but in, 40 a subparagraph, number eight, it's essentially a paragraph that says if the ninety day period has come up
00:55 - 00:55
Mhmm.
00:56 - 01:06
Speaker 10
The CEO would still have the discretion to to take the actions which are in paragraph four, which is to actually cease the suspension of the plan. Yes.
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