Bill
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Assistance Alignment and Other Measures) Bill 2016
passed, as at 2016-11-30. Social Services portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Social Services
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-10-20
- second reading — 2016-10-20
- second reading — 2016-11-21
- second reading — 2016-11-21
- third reading — 2016-11-21
- introduced — 2016-11-22
- second reading — 2016-11-22
- second reading — 2016-11-24
- second reading — 2016-11-24
- third reading — 2016-11-24
- passed — 2016-11-24
- royal assent — 2016-11-30
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2016-10-20.
This bill would set clear rules for when new or increased family tax benefit payments take effect after certain review decisions.
It would amend the Family Assistance Administration Act to specify date of effect rules for top-up payments and supplements.
The bill also includes contingent amendments to remove or change these measures if another bill phasing out FTB supplements by 1 July 2018 becomes law.
- Introduces date of effect rules for review decisions that create new or increased family tax benefit entitlements.
- Proposes contingent amendments to repeal or revise the measures if the Structural Reform Bill is enacted.
- Addresses an unintended consequence of previous amendments to the Youth Allowance Rate Calculator.
Families receiving family tax benefit and youth allowance recipients.
Sources
em
billhome
frl act