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- Schedule 3—Family tax benefit supplements
- Schedule 4—Jobs for families child care package
- Schedule 5—Proportional payment of pensions outside Australia
- Schedule 6—Pensioner education supplement
- Schedule 7—Education entry payment
- Schedule 8—Indexation
- Schedule 9—Closing energy supplement to new welfare recipients
- Schedule 10—Stopping the payment of pension supplement after 6 weeks overseas
- Schedule 11—Automation of income stream review processes
- Schedule 12—Seasonal horticultural work income exemption
- Schedule 13—Ordinary waiting periods
- Schedule 14—Age requirements for various Commonwealth payments
- Schedule 15—Income support waiting periods
- Schedule 16—Other waiting period amendments
- Schedule 17—Adjustment of parental leave pay for primary carer pay and other amendments
- Schedule 18—Removal of parental leave pay mandatory employer role
2016-2017
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Omnibus Savings and Child Care Reform) Bill 2017
No. , 2017
(Social Services)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to family assistance, social security, paid parental leave, veterans’ entitlements, military rehabilitation and compensation and farm household support, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 4
Schedule 1—Payment rates 5
Part 1—Family tax benefit 5
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 5
Part 2—Youth allowance and disability support pension 6
Social Security Act 1991 6
Schedule 2—Family tax benefit Part B rate 10
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 10
Schedule 3—Family tax benefit supplements 14
Part 1—Amendments commencing 1 July 2016 14
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 14
Part 2—Amendments commencing 1 July 2017 15
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 15
Part 3—Amendments commencing 1 July 2018 16
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 16
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 17
Part 4—Other amendments 19
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Assistance Alignment and Other Measures) Act 2016 19
Schedule 4—Jobs for families child care package 20
Part 1—Main amendments 20
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 20
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 72
Part 2—Consequential amendments 230
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 230
Early Years Quality Fund Special Account Act 2013 230
Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 230
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 231
Part 3—Other amendments 232
Division 1—Amendments commencing day after Royal Assent 232
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 232
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 232
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 233
Division 2—Amendments commencing 1 July 2017 234
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 234
Part 4—Application, saving and transitional provisions 237
Division 1—Introduction 237
Division 2—Child care subsidy and additional child care subsidy 237
Division 3—Child care benefit and child care rebate 239
Division 4—Providers of child care services 240
Division 5—Miscellaneous 242
Schedule 5—Proportional payment of pensions outside Australia 244
Social Security Act 1991 244
Schedule 6—Pensioner education supplement 245
Part 1—Main amendments 245
Social Security Act 1991 245
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 247
Part 2—Other amendments 249
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 249
Farm Household Support Act 2014 249
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 249
Part 3—Application and saving provisions 250
Schedule 7—Education entry payment 252
Part 1—Main amendments 252
Social Security Act 1991 252
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 253
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 253
Part 2—Other amendments 255
Farm Household Support Act 2014 255
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 255
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 255
Taxation Administration Act 1953 256
Part 3—Application and saving provisions 257
Schedule 8—Indexation 259
Social Security Act 1991 259
Schedule 9—Closing energy supplement to new welfare recipients 260
Part 1—Energy supplement under the social security law 260
Social Security Act 1991 260
Part 2—Energy supplement under the Farm Household Support Act 277
Farm Household Support Act 2014 277
Part 3—Energy supplement under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 278
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 278
Part 4—Energy supplement under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 284
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 284
Part 5—Other amendments 286
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Act 2016 286
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 286
Schedule 10—Stopping the payment of pension supplement after 6 weeks overseas 287
Social Security Act 1991 287
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 292
Schedule 11—Automation of income stream review processes 295
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 295
Schedule 12—Seasonal horticultural work income exemption 297
Part 1—Main amendments 297
Social Security Act 1991 297
Part 2—Other amendments 300
Farm Household Support Act 2014 300
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 300
Part 3—Repeals 301
Farm Household Support Act 2014 301
Social Security Act 1991 301
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 302
Schedule 13—Ordinary waiting periods 303
Social Security Act 1991 303
Schedule 14—Age requirements for various Commonwealth payments 315
Part 1—Main amendments 315
Social Security Act 1991 315
Part 2—Other amendments 322
Farm Household Support Act 2014 322
Schedule 15—Income support waiting periods 324
Social Security Act 1991 324
Schedule 16—Other waiting period amendments 332
Social Security Act 1991 332
Schedule 17—Adjustment of parental leave pay for primary carer pay and other amendments 337
Part 1—Amendments 337
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 337
Part 2—Application provisions 370
Schedule 18—Removal of parental leave pay mandatory employer role 371
Part 1—Amendments 371
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 371
Part 2—Contingent amendments 378
Division 1—Amendments if the Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Act 2017 does not commence before this Act 378
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 378
Division 2—Amendments if the Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Act 2017 commences before this Act 378
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 378
Division 3—Amendments contingent on the Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Act 2017 378
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 378
Part 3—Application and transitional provisions 379
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to family assistance, social security, paid parental leave, veterans’ entitlements, military rehabilitation and compensation and farm household support, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act is the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Omnibus Savings and Child Care Reform) Act 2017 .
(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.
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.
Legislation 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.