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Title

Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payment Integrity) Bill 2019

Database

Bills & Legislation

Long Title

a Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social security and veterans' entitlements, and for related purposes

Date

11-09-2019 10:18 AM

Source

House of Reps

Parl No.

46

Bill Number

164/19

Bill Type

Government

Portfolio

Social Services

Reps Bill Code

O

Status

Not Proceeding

System Id

legislation/bills/r6401_first-reps/0000


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Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payment Integrity) Bill 2019

2019

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payment Integrity) Bill 2019

 

No.      , 2019

 

(Social Services)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social security and veterans’ entitlements, and for related purposes

   

   

Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 3

Schedule 1—Enhanced residency requirements for pensioners                4

Part 1—Main amendments                                                                                          4

Social Security Act 1991                                                                                             4

Part 2—Contingent amendments                                                                             8

New Skilled Regional Visas (Consequential Amendments) Act 2019                8

Schedule 2—Stopping the payment of pension supplement after 6 weeks overseas          9

Social Security Act 1991                                                                                             9

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986                                                                             14

Schedule 3—Liquid assets test waiting period                                                     17

Social Security Act 1991                                                                                           17

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social security and veterans’ entitlements, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act is the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payment Integrity) Act 2019.

2   Commencement

             (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.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 3 and an ything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2.  Schedule 1, Part 1

As follows:

(a) if this Act receives the Royal Assent on or before 1 December 2019—1 January 2020;

(b) if this Act receives the Royal Assent after 1 December 2019—the first 1 January or 1 July to occur after the end of the period of 1 month beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

3.  Schedule 1, Part 2

The later of:

(a) immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 2; and

(b) immediately after the commencement of the New Skilled Regional Visas (Consequential Amendments) Act 2019 .

However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.

 

4.  Schedules 2 and 3

As follows:

(a) if this Act receives the Royal Assent on or before 1 December 2019—1 January 2020;

(b) if this Act receives the Royal Assent after 1 December 2019—the first 1 January or 1 July to occur after the end of the period of 1 month beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

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.

3   Schedules

                   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.