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Child Support and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2010

2008-2009-2010

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

As passed by both Houses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Child Support and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2010

 

No.      , 2010

 

 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to child support and family assistance, and for other purposes

   

   



Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2

Schedule 1—Child support income estimates                                                        3

Part 1—Amendments                                                                                                     3

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989                                                                       3

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988                                      31

Part 2—Transitional provisions                                                                               32

Schedule 2—Percentage of care                                                                                   34

Part 1—Amendments                                                                                                   34

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999                                                 34

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999                  52

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989                                                                     57

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988                                      75

Income Tax Assessment Act 1936                                                                             87

Part 2—Application and transitional provisions                                             88

Division 1—Definitions                                                                                              88

Division 2—Amendments of the child support law                                              88

Division 3—Amendments of the family assistance law                                      91

Division 4—Application of amendments in relation to Western Australian exnuptial children         94

Schedule 3—Non-payment of family tax benefit for non-lodgment of tax returns            96

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999                  96

Schedule 4—Other amendments                                                                                101

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999                                               101

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988                                    101

 



A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to child support and family assistance, and for other purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act may be cited as the Child Support and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 2010 .

2   Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provision(s)

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2.  Schedules 1 and 2

1 July 2010.

1 July 2010

3.  Schedule 3, items 1 to 12

1 July 2010.

1 July 2010

4.  Schedule 3, items 13 to 15

Immediately after the commencement of item 6 of Schedule 2 to the Family Assistance Amendment (Further 2008 Budget Measures) Act 2009 .

1 July 2010

5.  Schedule 4, item 1

1 July 2010.

1 July 2010

6.  Schedule 4, items 2 and 3

Immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 2.

1 July 2010

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.

             (2)  Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedule(s)

                   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.