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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013
No. , 2013
(Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to family assistance, social security, veterans’ entitlements and paid parental leave, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 3
Schedule 1—Baby bonus 4
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 4
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 5
Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012 7
Schedule 2—Family tax benefit and double orphan pension 8
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 8
Social Security Act 1991 8
Schedule 3—Other amendments 10
Part 1—Schoolkids bonus 10
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 10
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 16
Part 2—Entrusted to care 18
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 18
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 18
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Act 2008 19
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 19
Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010 21
Part 3—Family assistance clean energy payments 22
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 22
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 23
Part 4—Social security and veterans’ entitlements supplements 24
Division 1—Instalments of quarterly supplements 24
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 24
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 26
Division 2—Interactions with quarterly clean energy supplement 28
Social Security Act 1991 28
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 29
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 30
Division 3—Other minimum daily rate amendments 31
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 31
Part 5—Dad and partner pay 32
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 32
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to family assistance, social security, veterans’ entitlements and paid parental leave, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 .
(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. Schedule 1, items 1 to 3 |
1 July 2013. |
1 July 2013 |
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3. Schedule 1, items 4 to 6 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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4. Schedule 1, items 7 and 8 |
1 July 2013. |
1 July 2013 |
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5. Schedule 1, item 9 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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6. Schedule 1, items 10 and 11 |
1 July 2013. |
1 July 2013 |
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7. Schedule 2, items 1 to 3 |
Immediately after the commencement of item 3 of Schedule 2 to the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Election Commitments and Other Measures) Act 2011 . |
1 January 2012 |
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8. Schedule 2, items 4 and 5 |
1 January 2012. |
1 January 2012 |
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9. Schedule 2, items 6 and 7 |
1 January 2013. |
1 January 2013 |
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The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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11. Schedule 3, items 58 and 59 |
1 July 2013. |
1 July 2013 |
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12. Schedule 3, items 60 to 62 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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13. Schedule 3, items 63 to 67 |
1 July 2013. |
1 July 2013 |
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14. Schedule 3, Part 4, Division 1 |
The later of: (a) the start of the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) immediately after the commencement of Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Act 2011 . |
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15. Schedule 3, Part 4, Division 2 |
Immediately after the commencement of Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Act 2011 . |
20 March 2013 |
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16. Schedule 3, Part 4, Division 3 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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17. Schedule 3, Part 5 |
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.