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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Disability Support Pension Participation Reforms) Bill 2012
No. , 2012
(Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social security, family assistance, child support and veterans’ entitlements, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Work rule for disability support pension 3
Social Security Act 1991 3
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 3
Schedule 2—Participation requirements for disability support pension 5
Social Security Act 1991 5
Schedule 3—Portability of disability support pension 9
Social Security Act 1991 9
Schedule 4—Average weekly earnings and other amendments 12
Part 1—Average weekly earnings 12
Division 1—Amendments commencing on Royal Assent 12
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 12
Division 2—Amendments commencing on 1 January 2013 12
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 12
Division 3—Amendments commencing on 1 July 2013 15
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 15
Part 2—Other amendments 17
Social Security Act 1991 17
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 17
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social security, family assistance, child support and veterans’ entitlements, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Disability Support Pension Participation Reforms) Act 2012 .
(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.
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedules 1, 2 and 3 |
1 July 2012. |
1 July 2012 |
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3. Schedule 4, Part 1, Division 1 |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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4. Schedule 4, Part 1, Division 2 |
1 January 2013. |
1 January 2013 |
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5. Schedule 4, Part 1, Division 3 |
1 July 2013. |
1 July 2013 |
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6. Schedule 4, item 25 |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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7. Schedule 4, item 26 |
Immediately after the commencement of item 15 of Schedule 3 to the Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Act 2011 . |
20 March 2013 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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.