Bill
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Relieving Domestic Violence Victims of Debt) Bill 2017
lapsed, as at 2018-02-06. (s) WILKIE, Andrew, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Andrew Wilkie
- Portfolio
- (s) WILKIE, Andrew, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-05-29
- second reading — 2017-05-29
- other — 2018-02-06
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 2017-05-29.
This bill would let the government waive certain debts for people affected by domestic or family violence.
The Secretary of the responsible department could waive a debt if the person cannot pay because of domestic or family violence, or if they made a false statement or broke a rule due to such violence.
The bill would create a clearer legal framework for waiving debts in domestic violence situations, going beyond the current 'special circumstances' rule and extending the existing provision for false statements made unknowingly.
- Inserts provisions into the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration Act) 1999 and the Social Security Act 1991.
- Allows the Secretary to waive social security and family assistance debts for victims of domestic or family violence.
- Extends debt waiver provisions to cases where a debtor knowingly made a false statement due to domestic or family violence.
Victims of domestic or family violence who have social security or family assistance debts.
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