Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAct No. 20 of 1991 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 10 July 2008
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 73 of 2008
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may
be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and
Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra
Contents
Part 1--Preliminary 1
1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1
2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1
2A......... Application of the Criminal Code ...................................................... 1
3............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 1
3A......... Directions by Secretary to the Department of Social Security .......... 7
Part 2--Data‑matching 8
4............ Matching agency ................................................................................. 8
5............ Effect of other Acts ............................................................................ 8
6............ Matching of data ................................................................................. 8
7............ Steps in data matching cycle ............................................................... 9
8............ Data may be sent on‑line .................................................................. 12
9............ Length of data matching cycle .......................................................... 12
10.......... Source agencies may use results of data program ............................. 12
11.......... Notice of proposed action ................................................................ 14
12.......... Guidelines relating to privacy ........................................................... 16
13.......... Investigations of breaches of privacy ............................................... 17
14.......... Complaints of breaches of privacy ................................................... 19
15.......... Confidentiality .................................................................................. 20
15A....... Appropriation .................................................................................. 20
Part 3--Amendments of the Privacy Act 1988 21
Schedule--Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Guidelines [see Note 2] 22
Scope of Operation .......................................................................................... 22
Definitions ....................................................................................................... 22
Basis of Program .............................................................................................. 22
Technical Standards in relation to data quality, integrity and security ........... 24
Safeguards for individuals affected by the results of the program ................... 25
Record Controls ............................................................................................... 25
No New Databank ........................................................................................... 27
Reports and Monitoring by the Privacy Commissioner ................................. 27
Notes 31
Notes to
the
Data-matching Program (Assistance and
Tax) Act 1990 Note 1 The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act
1990 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 20, 1991 amended
as indicated in the Tables below. The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act
1990 was amended by notice given under subsection 12(2) of the Act and
published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
[see
Note 2] All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or
transitional provisions prior to 7 December 1998 is not included in this
compilation. For subsequent information see Table A. Table of Acts
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Act |
Number |
Date |
Date of commencement |
Application, saving or transitional provisions |
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Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 |
20, 1991 |
23 Jan 1991 |
23 Jan 1991 |
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115, 1991 |
27 June 1991 |
S. 39: (a) |
-- |
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175, 1991 |
25 Nov 1991 |
S. 106 (Schedule [Part 1]): 12 Nov 1991 (b) |
-- |
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194, 1991 |
13 Dec 1991 |
S. 74 (Schedule 5 [Part 1]): Royal Assent (c) |
-- |
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81, 1992 |
30 June 1992 |
S. 117 (Schedule 2 [Part 1]): Royal Assent
(d) |
-- |
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as amended by |
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43, 1996 |
25 Oct 1996 |
Schedule 3 (item 53): 30 June 1992 (e) |
-- |
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138, 1992 |
19 Nov 1992 |
Ss. 31‑43: 1 Jan 1993 |
-- |
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Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Amendment Act 1992 |
205, 1992 |
21 Dec 1992 |
S. 7: 22 Jan 1993 |
-- |
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229, 1992 |
24 Dec 1992 |
Schedule 2 (Part 2): 1 Jan 1993 (f) |
-- |
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Social Security (Budget and Other Measures) Legislation Amendment Act 1993 |
121, 1993 |
24 Dec 1993 |
S. 6 (Schedule 1 [Part 2]): 20 Mar 1994 (g) |
-- |
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Social Security (Home Child Care and Partner Allowances) Legislation Amendment Act 1994 |
55, 1994 |
7 Apr 1994 |
Part 2 (ss. 3, 4): 29 Sept 1994 |
-- |
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109, 1994 |
12 July 1994 |
Part 3 (ss. 54, 55): 1 July 1994 (h) |
-- |
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Veterans' Affairs (1994‑95 Budget Measures) Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994 |
164, 1994 |
16 Dec 1994 |
Part 4 (s. 60): Royal Assent (i) |
-- |
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Social Security (Parenting Allowance and Other Measures) Legislation Amendment Act 1994 |
174, 1994 |
16 Dec 1994 |
S. 3(2) (item 158): 1 July 1995 (j) |
-- |
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Student Assistance (Youth Training Allowance--Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1994 |
184, 1994 |
23 Dec 1994 |
1 Jan 1995 (k) |
-- |
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104, 1995 |
29 Sept 1995 |
Schedule 18 (items 1--3): Royal Assent (l) |
-- |
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Social Security (Non‑Budget Measures) Legislation Amendment Act 1995 |
105, 1995 |
29 Sept 1995 |
Part 4 (ss. 54‑58): Royal Assent (m) |
Ss. 55 and 58 |
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Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Measures) Act 1995 |
106, 1995 |
29 Sept 1995 |
S. 3(2): 1 Feb 1996 (n) |
-- |
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Social Security Legislation Amendment (Carer Pension and Other Measures) Act 1995 |
143, 1995 |
12 Dec 1995 |
Schedule 2 (items 3--10): Royal Assent (o)
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-- |
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43, 1996 |
25 Oct 1996 |
Schedule 2 (item 48): (p) |
-- |
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Social Security Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1996 |
84, 1996 |
23 Dec 1996 |
Schedule 2 (item 11): 1 July 1997 (q) |
-- |
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Social Security Legislation Amendment (Newly Arrived Resident's Waiting Periods and Other Measures) Act 1997 |
5, 1997 |
4 Mar 1997 |
Schedule 3 (items 1, 2): 30 June 1996 (r) |
-- |
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Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997 |
29, 1997 |
17 Apr 1997 |
1 July 1997 (see s. 2) |
-- |
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39, 1997 |
17 Apr 1997 |
1 July 1997 |
-- |
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Social Security Legislation Amendment (Work for the Dole) Act 1997 |
109, 1997 |
7 July 1997 |
7 July 1997 |
-- |
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Child Care Payments (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 |
196, 1997 |
8 Dec 1997 |
Schedule 1 (items 9, 10): (s) |
-- |
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as repealed by |
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A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Consequential and Related Measures) Act (No. 1) 1999 |
82, 1999 |
8 July 1999 |
Schedule 2 (item 2): (sa) |
-- |
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Social Security Legislation Amendment (Parenting and Other Measures) Act 1997 |
197, 1997 |
11 Dec 1997 |
Schedule 6: Royal Assent (t) |
-- |
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Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Family and Other Measures) Act 1997 |
202, 1997 |
16 Dec 1997 |
Schedule 23: Royal Assent (u) |
-- |
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Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Allowance Consequential and Related Measures) Act 1998 |
45, 1998 |
17 June 1998 |
Schedule 5 (items 28, 29): 1 July 1998 (v) Schedule 13 (item 9): 1 July 1998 (v) |
-- |
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Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1998 |
93, 1998 |
15 July 1998 |
Schedule 7 (item 11): 1 Apr 1998 (w) |
-- |
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Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Amendment Act 1998 |
111, 1998 |
7 Dec 1998 |
7 Dec 1998 |
Sch. 1 (item 2) [see Table A] |
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A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Consequential and Related Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999 |
83, 1999 |
8 July 1999 |
Schedule 5: 1 July 2000 (x) |
S. 2(2) (am. by 172, 1999, Sch.2 (item 1)) |
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as amended by |
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Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (1999 Budget and Other Measures) Act 1999 |
172, 1999 |
8 July 1999 |
Schedule 2 |
-- |
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106, 2000 |
6 July 2000 |
Schedule 5 (item 1): Royal Assent (z) |
-- |
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Family and Community Services (2000 Budget and Related Measures) Act 2000 |
138, 2000 |
24 Nov 2000 |
Schedule 4 (item 1): (za) |
-- |
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Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 |
137, 2001 |
1 Oct 2001 |
2 Oct 2001 |
S. 4 [see Table A] |
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Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 |
52, 2004 |
27 Apr 2004 |
Schedule 3 (item 13): 1 July 2004 ( see s. 2) |
-- |
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Social Security and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2006 |
108, 2006 |
27 Sept 2006 |
Schedule 8 (items 82--86): Royal Assent |
-- |
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Act 2008 |
63, 2008 |
30 June 2008 |
S. 4: Royal Assent |
S. 4 and Sch. 3 (item 2) [see Table A] |
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Statute Law Revision Act 2008 |
73, 2008 |
3 July 2008 |
Schedule 1 (items 17, 18): Royal Assent |
-- |
(a) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by section 39 only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:
(4) Part 4 commences immediately after the commencement of Part 3.
Part 3 commenced on 1 July 1991.
(b) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by section 106 (Schedule [Part 1]) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1991, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:
(3) Subject to subsections (2), (4), (5) and (6), Part 5 commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 12 November 1991.
(c) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by section 74 (Schedule 5 [Part 1]) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1991, paragraph 2(1)(h) of which provides as follows:
(1) The following provisions commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent:
(h) Part 1 of Schedule 5;
(d) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by section 117 (Schedule 2 [Parts 1 and 6]) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act 1992, paragraphs 2(1)(g) and (14)(c) of which provide as follows:
(1) The following provisions commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent:
(g) Part 1 of Schedule 1 and Part 1 of Schedule 2;
(14) The following provisions commence on 1 July 1992:
(c) Part 8 of Schedule 1 and Part 6 of Schedule 2.
(e) The Social Security Legislation Amendment Act 1992 was amended by Schedule 3 (item 53) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:
(3) Each item in Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced when the Act containing the item received the Royal Assent.
(f) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 2 (Part 2) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992, subsection 2(21)(d) of which provides as follows:
(21) The following provisions commence, or are taken to have commenced, on 1 January 1993, immediately after the commencement of the Social Security (Family Payment) Amendment Act 1992:
(d) Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 2;
(g) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by section 6 (Schedule 1 [Part 2]) and Part 3 (sections 90--96) only of the Social Security (Budget and Other Measures) Legislation Amendment Act 1993, subsections 2(1)(d), (2) and (8)(a) of which provide as follows:
(1) The following provisions commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent:
(d) Division 1 of Part 3.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), Division 2 of Part 3 commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(8) The following provisions commence, or are taken to have commenced, on 20 March 1994:
(a) Division 2 of Part 2 and Schedule 1.
(h) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Part 3 (sections 54 and 55) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:
(3) Divisions 2, 8 and 11 of Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (other than paragraph 57(a)) commence on 1 July 1994.
(i) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Part 4 (section 60) only of the Veterans' Affairs (1994‑95 Budget Measures) Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Part 1, Divisions 1 and 11 of Part 2 and Parts 3 and 4 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(j) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by sections 3(2) (item 158) and 6(2) (items 37 and 43) only of the Social Security (Parenting Allowance and Other Measures) Legislation Amendment Act 1994, subsections 2(1) and (5) of which provide as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on 1 July 1995.
(5) Paragraph 6(1)(b), subsection 6(2), sections 14 and 15 and Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 4 commence on 1 January 1995.
(k) Section 2 of the Student Assistance (Youth Training Allowance--Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1994 provides as follows:
2. This Act commences on 1 January 1995 immediately after the commencement of the Student Assistance (Youth Training Allowance) Amendment Act 1994.
(l) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 18 (items 1‑3) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1995, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(m) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Part 4 (sections 54--58) only of the Social Security (Non‑Budget Measures) Legislation Amendment Act 1995, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(n) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by subsection 3(2) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Measures) Act 1995, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
(2) Schedules 1, 5 and 6 commence on 1 February 1996.
(o) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 3‑13) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Carer Pension and Other Measures) Act 1995, subsections 2(1) and (3)(a) of which provide as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(3) The following provisions commence on 1 January 1996:
(a) Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 2.
(p) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 48) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
(2) Each item in Schedule 2 commences or is taken to have commenced (as the case requires) at the time specified in the note at the end of the item.
Item 48 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of Schedule 3 of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991.
Schedule 3 commenced immediately after the commencement of Part 3.
Part 3 commenced immediately after the commencement of the Social Security (Rewrite) Amendment Act 1991 and the Social Security Act 1991.
The Social Security (Rewrite) Amendment Act 1991 and the Social Security Act 1991 came into operation on 1 July 1991.
(q) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 11) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1996, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:
(4) Schedules 1, 2, 14, 15 and 16 commence on 1 July 1997.
(r) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 3 (items 1 and 2) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Newly Arrived Resident's Waiting Periods and Other Measures) Act 1997, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
(2) Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced on 30 June 1996.
(s) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 9 and 10) only of the Child Care Payments (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 1997, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:
(3) Items 9 and 10 of Schedule 1 commence on the payment commencement day only if, before that day, subparagraphs (c)(xxivd) and (xxive) of the definition of personal assistance in subsection 3(1) of the Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990, as in force on 25 August 1997, have not been repealed by another Act.
Subparagraphs (c) (xxivd) and (xxive) of the definition of personal assistance in subsection 3(1) were repealed by the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Parenting and Other Measures) Act 1997 before a date was fixed for the commencement of Schedule 1 (items 9 and 10).
(sa) The Child Care Payments (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 was repealed by Schedule 2 (item 2) only of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Consequential and Related Measures) Act (No. 1) 1999, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:
(3) Items 1, 2, 4 and 5 of Schedule 2 commence immediately before the day that is the payment commencement day for the purposes of the Child Care Payments Act 1997.
The payment commencement day was 19 June 2000.
(t) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 6 only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Parenting and Other Measures) Act 1997, subsections 2(1) and (8) of which provide as follows:
(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (8), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(8) Item 3 of Schedule 6 commences only if subparagraphs (c)(xxivd) and (xxive) of the definition of personal assistance in subsection 3(1) of the Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990, as in force on 25 August 1997, have not already been repealed by another Act.
(u) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 23 only of the Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Family and Other Measures) Act 1997, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(v) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 5 (items 28 and 29) and Schedule 13 (item 9) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Allowance Consequential and Related Measures) Act 1998, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (10), this Act commences on 1 July 1998.
(w) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 7 (item 11) only of the Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1998, subsection 2(9) of which provides as follows:
(9) Schedule 7 commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 1 April 1998.
(x) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 5 only of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Consequential and Related Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
(2) Schedule 1 (Parts 1 to 5), Schedules 3 to 6, Schedule 7 (other than item 14), Schedules 8 and 9, Schedule 10 (other than items 22, 63, 66 and 67) and Schedule 11 (items 3 and 4 only) commence, or are taken to have commenced, on the commencement of Schedule 1 to the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Consequential and Related Measures) Act (No. 1) 1999.
(y) The A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Consequential and Related Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 1) of the Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (1999 Budget and Other Measures) Act 1999, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:
(4) Schedule 2 commences, or is taken to have commenced, immediately after the commencement of section 2 of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Consequential and Related Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999.
Section 2 commenced on 8 July 1999.
(z) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 5 (item 1) only of the Youth Allowance Consolidation Act 2000, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(za) The Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 4 (item 1) only of the Family and Community Services (2000 Budget and Related Measures) Act 2000, subsection 2(2)(c) of which provides as follows:
(2) The following provisions:
(c) item 1 of Schedule 4;
commence on 1 January 2001.
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ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted |
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Provision affected |
How affected |
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Part 1 |
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S. 2A................................... |
ad. No. 137, 2001 |
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S. 3...................................... |
am. Nos. 115, 175 and 194, 1991; Nos. 81, 138 and 229, 1992; No. 121, 1993; Nos. 55, 109, 164, 174 and 184, 1994; Nos. 104, 105, 106 and 143, 1995; Nos. 43 and 84, 1996; Nos. 29, 39, 109, 197 and 202, 1997; No. 45, 1998; No. 83, 1999; No. 106, 2000; No. 52, 2004; No. 73, 2008 |
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S. 3A................................... |
ad. No. 29, 1997 |
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am. No. 108, 2006 |
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Part 2 |
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S. 4...................................... |
am. No. 29, 1997 |
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S. 7...................................... |
am. Nos. 81 and 205, 1992; No. 121, 1993; Nos. 105 and 143, 1995; Nos. 5 and 197, 1997; No. 138, 2000 |
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S. 8 ..................................... |
rs. No. 197, 1997 |
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S. 9...................................... |
am. No. 205, 1992 |
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S. 10.................................... |
am. No. 81, 1992; No. 121, 1993; No. 29, 1997 |
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S. 11.................................... |
am. Nos. 81 and 205, 1992 |
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S. 12.................................... |
am. No. 205, 1992; No. 121, 1993; No. 143, 1995; No. 108, 2006 |
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S. 15.................................... |
am. No. 137, 2001 |
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S. 15A................................. |
ad. No. 121, 1993 |
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S. 21.................................... |
am. No. 205, 1992; No. 121, 1993 |
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rs. No. 143, 1995 |
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rep. No. 111, 1998 |
Note 2
Schedule--The interim guidelines contained in the Schedule were replaced by a new set of Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Guidelines. The new Guidelines which came into effect on 14 April 1997 are contained in this compilation.
Note 3
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Act 2008 (No. 63, 2008)
The following amendment commences on 1 September 2008:
Schedule 3
1 Subsection 3(1) (after paragraph (c) of the definition of personal assistance)
Insert:
(caa) a seniors health card referred to in subsection 1061ZG(1) of the Social Security Act 1991; or
As at 10 July 2008 the amendment is not incorporated in this compilation.
Table A
Application, saving or transitional provisions
Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax)
Amendment Act 1998
(No. 111, 1998)
2 Application of repeal
The repeal made by this Schedule applies in relation to all data matching cycles, whether begun before or after the commencement of this Act.
Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 137, 2001)
(1) Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.
(2) For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Act 2008 (No. 63, 2008)
4 Review of operation of amendments
(1) The Minister must cause an independent review of the operation of the amendments made by this Act to be undertaken and completed by 30 June 2010.
(2) The persons who undertake the review under subsection (1) must give the Minister a written report of the review.
(3) The Minister must cause a copy of the report of the review under subsection (1) to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of the day on which the report is given to the Minister.
(4) The review must be conducted by a panel of not less than 5 persons, of which at least:
(a) 3 persons must be nominated by relevant key stakeholder organisations; and
(b) 2 persons must be nominated by the Minister.
The following provision commences on 1 September 2008:
Schedule 3
2 Application
The amendment made by item 1 applies in relation to seniors health cards granted before, on or after the commencement of that item.