Bill returned from the Senate with amendments.

Ordered that the amendments be considered immediately.

Senate’s amendments—

(1)    Clause 2, page 2 (table), omit the table, substitute:

(2)    Schedule 1, item 1, page 4 (lines 8 to 11), omit subsection 1067A(4), substitute:

        (4)    For the purposes of Part 2.11, this Part and section 1070G, a person is independent at a time in a period specified in an item of the table if at the time the person is at least the age specified in the item:

(3)    Schedule 1, page 4 (after line 14), after item 1, insert:

1A  Application of amendment affecting independence age

Subsection 1067A(4) of the Social Security Act 1991 as amended by item 1 applies for the purposes of working out a person’s eligibility for, or amount of, youth allowance for a day, or fares allowance for a journey on a day, that is on or after 1 April 2010.

(4)    Schedule 1, item 3, page 4 (line 23), omit “or (10C)”, substitute “, (10C) or (10E)”.

(5)    Schedule 1, item 3, page 5 (line 1), omit “January”, substitute “July”.

(6)    Schedule 1, item 3, page 6 (after line 9), after subsection 1067A(10D), insert:

    (10E)    This subsection applies to a person if:

             (a)    the person’s family home is in a location categorised under the Remoteness Structure as Outer Regional Australia, Remote Australia or Very Remote Australia; and

             (b)    the person is required to live away from home (see section 1067D); and

             (c)    the person is undertaking full-time study (see section 541B); and

             (d)    the person’s combined parental income (as defined in point 1067G-F10 of the Youth Allowance Rate Calculator in section 1067G) for the appropriate tax year (see Submodule 3 of Module F of that Calculator) is less than $150,000.

    (10F)    For the purposes of paragraph (10E)(a), Remoteness Structure means the Remoteness Structure described in:

             (a)    the document entitled “Statistical Geography Volume 1 Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) July 2006”, published by the Australian Statistician, that was effective 1 July 2006; or

             (b)    a document specified in a determination under subsection (10G) to be a replacement document.

    (10G)    The Secretary may, by written determination, specify a document for the purposes of paragraph (10F)(b). The document must be one published by the Australian Statistician.

   (10H)    A determination under subsection (10G) is not a legislative instrument.

(7)    Schedule 1, page 6 (before line 10), after item 3, insert:

3A  Application of amendments about workforce participation

(1)    Subsections 1067A(10), (10A), (10B), (10C) and (10D) of the Social Security Act 1991 as amended by items 2 and 3 apply for the purposes of working out a person’s eligibility for, or amount of, youth allowance for a day, or fares allowance for a journey on a day, that is on or after 1 July 2010.

(2)    Subsections 1067A(10E) and (10F) of the Social Security Act 1991 as amended by item 3 apply for the purposes of working out a person’s eligibility for, or amount of, youth allowance for a day, or fares allowance for a journey on a day, that is on or after 1 January 2011.

(8)    Schedule 1, heading to Division 3, page 6 (lines 14 and 15), omit the heading.

(9)    Schedule 1, item 5, page 6 (lines 16 to 23), omit the item, substitute:

5  Application of amendment

The amendment made by this Division applies for the purposes of working out a person’s eligibility for, or amount of, fares allowance for a journey on a day that is on or after 1 April 2010.

(10)  Schedule 1, item 11, page 8 (line 7), omit “January”, substitute “July”.

(11)  Schedule 1, item 18, page 13 (line 3), omit “January”, substitute “July”.

(12)  Schedule 2, item 4, page 20 (line 19), omit “$717”, substitute “$650”.

(13)  Schedule 2, item 4, page 20 (line 22), omit “$1,127”, substitute “$1,064”.

(14)  Schedule 2, item 14, page 27 (line 25), omit “1 March”, substitute “15 April”.

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