2004-2005-2006-2007 The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Presented and read a first time Social Security Amendment (Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up for Australian Apprentices) Bill 2007 No. , 2007 (Vocational and Further Education) A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to taxation, veterans' entitlements and social security, and for related purposes [Page Break] 1 Short title ........................................................................................... 1 2 Commencement ................................................................................. 1 3 Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2 Schedule 1--Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up 3 Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 3 Social Security Act 1991 3 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 3 [Page Break] 2 taxation, veterans' entitlements and social security, 3 and for related purposes 4 The Parliament of Australia enacts: 5 1 Short title 6 This Act may be cited as the Social Security Amendment 7 (Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up for Australian Apprentices) Act 8 2007. 9 2 Commencement 10 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table 11 commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with 12 column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect 13 according to its terms. Social Security Amendment (Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up for Australian Apprentices) Bill 2007 No. , 2007 1 [Page Break] Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provision(s) Commencement Date/Details 1. Sections 1 to 3 The day on which this Act receives the and anything in Royal Assent. this Act not elsewhere covered by this table 2. Schedule 1 1 July 2007. 1 July 2007 2 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally 3 passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be 4 expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent. 5 (2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not 6 part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or 7 edited in any published version of this Act. 8 3 Schedule(s) 9 Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 10 repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 11 concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 12 according to its terms. [Page Break] 2 Schedule 1--Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up 3 4 Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 5 1 Section 11-15 (table item headed "education") 6 Before: bursary, educational allowance etc...................................... 51-10 and 51-35 7 insert: Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up payment, recipient of ......... 51-10 8 2 Section 51-10 (at the end of the table) 9 Add: 2.4 a recipient of a the payment none payment known as the Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up 10 3 Application of amendments 11 The amendments made by items 1 and 2 of this Schedule apply to 12 assessments for the 2007-08 income year and later income years. 13 Social Security Act 1991 14 4 After paragraph 8(8)(t) 15 Insert: 16 (ta) a payment made by the Commonwealth known as the 17 Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up to the person; 18 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 19 5 After paragraph 5H(8)(x) 20 Insert: 21 (xaa) a payment made by the Commonwealth known as the 22 Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up to the person;