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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2016
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Social Security Legislation Amendment
(Youth Jobs Path: Prepare, Trial, Hire)
Bill 2016
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(Employment)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social
security and veterans' entitlements, and for related
purposes
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Internship payments
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Social Security Act 1991
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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
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Schedule 2--Youth Bonus wage subsidy
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Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
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A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to social
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security and veterans' entitlements, and for related
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purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Jobs
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Path: Prepare, Trial, Hire) Act 2016.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The later of:
(a) the day this Act receives the Royal
Assent; and
(b) 1 April 2017.
3. Schedule 2
The later of:
(a) the day this Act receives the Royal
Assent; and
(b) 1 January 2017.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Internship payments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Internship payments
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Social Security Act 1991
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1 After paragraph 8(8)(tc)
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Insert:
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(td) a payment made by the Commonwealth, under the program
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established by the Commonwealth and known as "Youth
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Jobs PaTH", to an individual placed in an internship under
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that program;
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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
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2 After paragraph 5H(8)(xac)
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Insert:
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(xad) a payment made by the Commonwealth, under the program
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established by the Commonwealth and known as "Youth
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Jobs PaTH", to an individual placed in an internship under
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that program;
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Schedule 2 Youth Bonus wage subsidy
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Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
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1 Subparagraph 85(1)(a)(i)
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After "94", insert "or subsection 95C(2)".
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2 After subparagraph 85(1)(a)(ii)
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Insert:
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(iia) suspended under subsection 95C(1); or
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3 After section 95B
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Insert:
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95C Social security payment--suspension instead of cancellation
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under section 93 or 94
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(1) If:
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(a) a person ceases to be qualified for a social security payment
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or a social security payment ceases to be payable to a person;
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and
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(b) the Secretary is satisfied that the cessation is because the
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person is employed by a Youth Bonus wage subsidy
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employer;
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then the Secretary may determine:
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(c) that the person's social security payment is suspended and
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that the suspension takes effect on the day of the cessation;
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and
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(d) that section 93 or 94 is taken not to apply or not to have
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applied, as the case requires, to the person's social security
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payment in relation to the cessation.
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Note:
For Youth Bonus wage subsidy employer, see subsection (4).
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), if:
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(a) the suspension is in effect at the end of the period of 26
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weeks beginning on the day the suspension takes effect; and
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(b) at the end of that 26-week period, the person is not qualified
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for the social security payment or the social security payment
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is not payable to the person;
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then the person's social security payment is cancelled, by force of
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this subsection, on the day after the end of that 26-week period.
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(3) If:
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(a) before the end of the period of 26 weeks beginning on the
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day the suspension takes effect and while the suspension is in
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effect, the person ceases to be employed by a Youth Bonus
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wage subsidy employer; and
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(b) the Secretary determines that the cessation is:
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(i) as a result (whether direct or indirect) of a voluntary act
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of the person that was not reasonable; or
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(ii) as a result of the person's misconduct as an employee;
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then the person's social security payment is taken to have been
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cancelled, by force of this subsection, on the day of the cessation.
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Note:
If the Secretary does not make a determination as mentioned in
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paragraph (b), then the social security payment may again become
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payable to the person (without the need for a further claim) if the
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requirements in section 85 are satisfied.
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(4) In this section:
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Youth Bonus wage subsidy employer, in relation to a person,
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means an employer that is eligible to receive a Youth Bonus wage
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subsidy in respect of the person under the program established by
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the Commonwealth and known as "Youth Jobs PaTH".
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4 Paragraph 123(1)(c)
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Omit ", 82,", substitute "or 82, subsection 95C(1) or section".
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