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Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Disability Reform) Bill (No. 2) 2002 [No. 2]

Type	Government
Originating house	House of Representatives
Status	Not Proceeding
Portfolio	Family and Community Services

Summary

Amends the Social Security Act 1991 and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 to: change the qualification criteria for disability support pension (DSP) in relation to work capacity for people who apply for DSP from 1 July 2003; and restrict exemptions from the activity test requirements for newstart allowance and youth allowance recipients. Also contains application and transitional provisions.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	06/03/03
Second reading moved	06/03/03
Second reading agreed to	26/03/03
Third reading agreed to	26/03/03

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	26/03/03
Second reading moved	26/03/03
Second reading debate	23/06/03
Second reading negatived	24/06/03