Senate debates
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009 [No. 2]
In Committee
12:23 pm
Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source
by leave—I move government amendments (1) to (5), (7) to (13) and (15) on sheet BV265 revised together:
(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table), omit the table, substitute:
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
2. Schedule 1, items 1 and 1A | 1 April 2010. | 1 April 2010 |
3. Schedule 1, items 2 to 3A | 1 July 2010. | 1 July 2010 |
4. Schedule 1, Part 1, Division 2 | 1 April 2010. | 1 April 2010 |
5. Schedule 1, Part 2, Divisions 1 and 2 | 1 July 2010. | 1 July 2010 |
6. Schedule 1, Part 2, Divisions 3 and 4 | 1 July 2012. | 1 July 2012 |
7. Schedule 2, Part 1 | 1 April 2010. | 1 April 2010 |
8. Schedule 2, items 5 to 16 | 1 April 2010. | 1 April 2010 |
9. Schedule 2, item 17 | Immediately after the commencement of the provision(s) covered by table item 2. | 1 April 2010 |
10. Schedule 2, items 18 to 34 | 1 April 2010. | 1 April 2010 |
11. Schedule 3 | Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Amendment (Training Incentives) Act 2009 . | 1 July 2009 |
12. Schedule 4 | The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
(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:
Age when person becomes independent | ||
Item | Period | Age |
1 | The period starting at the start of 1 April 2010 and ending at the end of 31 December 2010 | 24 years |
2 | The year 2011 | 23 years |
3 | A year after 2011 | 22 years |
(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”.
(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”.
(15) Schedule 2, item 14, page 27 (line 25), omit “1 March”, substitute “15 April”.
These are essentially consequential amendments to give effect to the arrangements entered into between the government and the opposition in terms of changes to the start-up dates and changing the age of independence, which have effects for student start-up scholarships and relocation scholarships, relax parental income tests for payment of youth allowance and tighten workforce participation criteria for payment of independent youth allowance.
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