Common use of DHS Clause in Contracts

DHS. Section 192 of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 provides that DHS may require the provision of information of relevance to the assessment of claims for DHS’s payments, including whether a payment is or was payable to the person who received it or whether the rate is or was correct. Section 195 of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 provides that DHS may require the provision of specified information that relates to a class of people. This section authorises DHS to request data about customers. Australian Privacy Principle 6 (APP 6) does not limit the disclosure of personal information by an agency where that disclosure is required or authorised by or under law. As the ATO information involved in this data matching program is obtained by DHS under Schedule 1 Item, 1 of Table 1 of the Taxation Administration Act 1953, APP 6 does not limit its disclosure to DHS.