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- Schedule 1—Streamlined participation requirements
- Schedule 2—Arrangements and grants relating to assisting persons to obtain and maintain paid work
- Schedule 3—Compliance with participation payment obligations
- Schedule 4—Amounts not counted as income
- Schedule 5—Approved programs of work for income support payment
- Schedule 6—Activities that do not give rise to employment under certain industrial relations legislation
- Schedule 7—Youth allowance ordinary income free area
- Schedule 8—Start day for jobseeker payment and youth allowance
- Schedule 9—Repeals of spent provisions
- Schedule 10—Contingent amendments
2019-2020-2021
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
Presented and read a first time
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Streamlined Participation Requirements and Other Measures) Bill 2021
No. , 2021
(Education, Skills and Employment)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social security, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 3
Schedule 1—Streamlined participation requirements 4
Farm Household Support Act 2014 4
Social Security Act 1991 5
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 24
Schedule 2—Arrangements and grants relating to assisting persons to obtain and maintain paid work 62
Social Security Act 1991 62
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 66
Schedule 3—Compliance with participation payment obligations 67
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 67
Schedule 4—Amounts not counted as income 70
Social Security Act 1991 70
Schedule 5—Approved programs of work for income support payment 71
Social Security Act 1991 71
Schedule 6—Activities that do not give rise to employment under certain industrial relations legislation 72
Social Security Act 1991 72
Schedule 7—Youth allowance ordinary income free area 74
Social Security Act 1991 74
Schedule 8—Start day for jobseeker payment and youth allowance 75
Farm Household Support Act 2014 75
Social Security Act 1991 75
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 75
Schedule 9—Repeals of spent provisions 79
Social Security Act 1991 79
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 80
Schedule 10—Contingent amendments 82
Social Security Act 1991 82
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social security, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act is the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Streamlined Participation Requirements and Other Measures) Act 2021 .
(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 |
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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 |
The later of: (a) 1 July 2021; and (b) the seventh day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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3. Schedule 2 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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4. Schedule 3 |
The later of: (a) 1 July 2021; and (b) the seventh day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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5. Schedules 4 and 5 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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6. Schedule 6 |
The later of: (a) 1 July 2021; and (b) the seventh day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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7. Schedule 7 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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8. Schedule 8 |
1 July 2022. |
1 July 2022 |
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9. Schedule 9 |
The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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10. Schedule 10 |
The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 2; and (b) immediately after the commencement of Schedule 7 to the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Act 2018 . |
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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.
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.