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SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (YOUTH ALLOWANCE CONSEQUENTIAL AND RELATED MEASURES) ACT 1998 - NOTES

Act No. 45 of 1998 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 19 July 2005

[This Act was amended by Act No. 100 of 2005]

 

Amendments from Act No. 100 of 2005

[Schedule 2 (item 28) amended heading to item 41 of Schedule 9
Schedule 2 (item 29) amended item 169 of Schedule 9

Schedule 2 (items 28 and 29) commenced immediately after 1 July 1998]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra

  

  

  


Contents

1............ Short title ............................................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement .................................................................................. 1

3............ Schedule(s) .......................................................................................... 2

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Social Security Act 1991 relating to austudy payment               3

Schedule 2—Amendment of the Social Security Act 1991 relating to youth allowance                  103

Schedule 3—Amendment of the Social Security Act 1991 relating to youth allowance and austudy payment provisions                                                                                                                                  120

Part 1—Amendments commencing after youth allowance and austudy payment provisions commence and the Budget Measures Act has been assented to                                      120

Part 2—Other amendments commencing on 1 July 1998 after certain provisions of the Budget Measures Act 123

Part 3—Amendment commencing on 20 September 1998                           124

Part 4—Amendments commencing on 1 July 1999 after some provisions of the Budget Measures Act                125

Schedule 4—Amendment of the Social Security Act 1991 relating to pensioner education supplement       127

Schedule 5—Amendments relating to the Student Financial Supplement Scheme 172

Part 1—Amendment of the Social Security Act 1991                                     172

Part 2—Consequential amendments of other Acts                                           181

Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990                                 181

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986                                                                           181

Schedule 6—Amendment of the Social Security Act 1991 relating to fares allowance                   182

Schedule 7—Amendment of the Social Security Act 1991 relating to indexation     186

Schedule 8—Amendment of the Social Security Act 1991 relating to Rate Calculators               193

Schedule 9—Consequential amendments of the Social Security Act 1991                   199

Part 1—Amendments relating to definitions                                                         199

Part 2—Amendments relating to newstart allowance                                       207

Part 3—Amendments relating to sickness allowance                                       210

Part 4—Amendments relating to family allowance                                            213

Part 5—Amendment relating to child disability allowance                              215

Part 6—Amendments relating to family tax payments                                      216

Part 7—Amendments relating to education leaver’s waiting period           218

Part 8—Amendments relating to education entry payments and employment entry payments           220

Part 9—Amendments relating to incorrect or inappropriate claims            223

Part 10—Amendments relating to claims made by telephone, facsimile or computer   225

Part 11—Amendments relating to multiple entitlement exclusion provisions                     226

Part 12—Amendments relating to automatic termination provisions          227

Part 13—Amendments relating to automatic rate reduction provisions    228

Part 14—Amendments relating to mobility allowance                                     230

Part 15—Amendments relating to special benefit                                              231

Part 16—Amendments relating to exclusion from assets test                        233

Part 17—Amendments relating to the value of the assets of members of couples         234

Part 18—Amendments relating to partner allowance                                       235

Part 19—Amendments relating to parenting payment                                      238

Part 20—Amendments relating to advance payments                                     241

Part 21—Amendments relating to overpayment and debt recovery          242

Part 22—Amendments relating to compensation recovery                            245

Part 23—Amendments relating to the review of decisions                             247

Part 24—Miscellaneous amendments                                                                    251

Schedule 10—Amendment of the Social Security Act 1991 relating to saving and transitional provisions 255

Schedule 11—Amendment of the Student and Youth Assistance Act 1973, and related transitional provisions                                                                                                                                  267

Part 1—Amendment of the Student and Youth Assistance Act 1973      267

Part 2—Transitional provisions                                                                                 292

Schedule 12—Consequential taxation amendments                                        299

Income Tax Assessment Act 1936                                                                           299

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997                                                                           302

Taxation (Interest on Overpayments and Early Payments) Act 1983            305

Schedule 13—Amendment of various Acts consequential on youth allowance and austudy payment            306

Aged Care Act 1997                                                                                                 306

Bankruptcy Act 1966                                                                                               306

Child Care Payments Act 1997                                                                              306

Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990                                 307

Disability Services Act 1986                                                                                  307

Farm Household Support Act 1992                                                                      307

Health Insurance Act 1973                                                                                     309

National Health Act 1953                                                                                       313

Registration of Deaths Abroad Act 1984                                                             313

Telecommunications Act 1997                                                                               314

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986                                                                           314

Schedule 14—Amendment of the Social Security Act 1991 relating to minimum age for youth allowance 320

Assented to 17 June 1998

The Parliament of Australia enacts: