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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 Bill 2011
No. , 2011
(Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social security, veterans’ entitlements and disability services, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Bereavement allowance 3
Social Security Act 1991 3
Schedule 2—Special benefit 4
Social Security Act 1991 4
Schedule 3—Impairment Tables for disability support pension 5
Social Security Act 1991 5
Schedule 4—Disability advocacy services 9
Disability Services Act 1986 9
Schedule 5—Asset-test exempt income streams 18
Part 1—Amendments 18
Social Security Act 1991 18
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 20
Part 2—Application and transitional provisions 23
Schedule 6—Termination payments 24
Social Security Act 1991 24
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social security, veterans’ entitlements and disability services, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011 .
(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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Commencement information |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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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 January 2012. |
1 January 2012 |
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3. Schedules 4, 5 and 6 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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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.