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Social Security Act 2018

Administration - Application, inquiry, and grant - Inquiry

300: Information gathering, disclosure, and matching

You could also call this:

“How the government collects and uses information about you”

You can find information about how the government gathers, shares, and matches information in Schedule 6 of this act. This schedule explains how the government can collect and use information about you.

If you’re unhappy with how the government asks for information or documents, you can make a complaint. The rules for this are in clause 12 of Schedule 6.

You can also complain if you’re not happy with how information is shared for young people’s services or for service providers. The rules for this are in clause 21 of Schedule 6.

These rules are there to make sure your information is used fairly and properly.

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Part 6 Administration
Application, inquiry, and grant: Inquiry

300Information gathering, disclosure, and matching

  1. Provisions on information gathering, disclosure, and matching are set out in Schedule 6.

  2. Rights of complaint are given by the following clauses of Schedule 6:

  3. clause 12 (code of conduct for information or documents requirements):
    1. clause 21 (disclosure for young person’s functions or service provider’s contract).