Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If an individual is entitled to a first 2020 economic support payment, the Secretary must, subject to subsection (2), pay the payment to the individual in a single lump sum:
(a) on the date that the Secretary considers to be the earliest date on which it is reasonably practicable for the payment to be paid; and
(b) in such manner as the Secretary considers appropriate.
Note: The individual does not have to make a claim for the payment.
(2) The Secretary must not pay the payment on or after 1 July 2022 if the individual is entitled to the payment because subsection 116(2) or (4) of the Family Assistance Act applies to the individual on a day.