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Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997
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C2024C00048 (C14)
01 January 2024
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Definitions
4 Act binds the Crown
5 External Territories
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Part 3—Chief Executive Centrelink
7 Chief Executive Centrelink
7A Acting Chief Executive Centrelink
8 Functions of Chief Executive Centrelink
8A Chief Executive Centrelink’s service delivery functions
8B Agreements about performance of Chief Executive Centrelink’s functions
12 Delegation
13 Commonwealth consent to conferral of powers etc. on Chief Executive Centrelink by State and Territory laws
14 How duty is imposed on Chief Executive Centrelink by State and Territory laws
15 When State and Territory laws impose a duty on Chief Executive Centrelink
16 Chief Executive Centrelink may be assisted by Departmental employees
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Part 5—Miscellaneous
38 Use of protected names and symbols
39 Chief Executive Centrelink may charge for services
40 Centrelink programs
40A Multiple secrecy provisions
41 Regulations
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
