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SOCIAL SERVICES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2013

                           2013-2014




   THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




SOCIAL SERVICES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2013




   FURTHER SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM




      Amendments to be moved on behalf of the Government




                 (Circulated by the authority of the
     Minister for Social Services, the Hon Kevin Andrews MP)
    SOCIAL SERVICES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2013

            Amendments to be moved on behalf of the Government


OUTLINE

These amendments would remove Schedule 7 (relating to paid parental leave) from
the Bill.

The Senate agreed to the Bill on 5 March 2014 with several amendments. Senate
amendments number (5) and (41) would omit Schedule 7 to the Bill, substitute a
revised version of Schedule 7, and make a consequential amendment to the
commencement provision in the Bill.

The original Schedule 7 was intended to remove for all employers the requirement to
act as the pay-clerk for the Paid Parental Leave scheme.

The Senate's revised Schedule 7 would remove that requirement only for employers
with fewer than 20 employees.

The Government is committed to removing this administrative burden for all
businesses, and doing so from 1 July 2014.

This will now be done through a separate Bill, the Paid Parental Leave Amendment
Bill 2014, and Schedule 7 will be removed altogether from this Bill.


Financial impact statement

The financial implications of the original Schedule 7 amounted to a cost of
$7.0 million over five years. These amendments will reverse that cost in relation to
this Bill.
   SOCIAL SERVICES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2013

            Amendments to be moved on behalf of the Government


NOTES ON AMENDMENTS

Amendment 1 amends the commencement table in clause 2 of the Bill to remove
reference to Schedule 7.

Amendment 2 omits Schedule 7 (relating to paid parental leave) from the Bill.