House of Representatives

Explanatory Memorandum

(Circulated by the authority of the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Hon Mal Brough MP)

Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Disability Assistance) Bill 2007

OUTLINE

This bill introduces a new payment, child disability assistance, into the social security law. Child disability assistance would be available to carers of disabled children under the age of 16 in respect of whom the carer receives carer allowance for the relevant 1 July (starting 1 July 2007). The payment would be an annual, tax free payment of, generally, $1,000.

NOTES ON CLAUSES

Clause 1 sets out how the Act is to be cited, that is, the Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Disability Assistance) Act 2007 .

Clause 2 provides a table that sets out the commencement dates of the various sections in, and Schedules to, the Act.

Clause 3 provides that each Act that is specified in a Schedule is amended or repealed as set out in that Schedule.

This explanatory memorandum uses the following abbreviations:

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'Social Security Act' means the Social Security Act 1991 ; and

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'Social Security Administration Act' means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 .