Revised Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Education, the Honourable Dan Tehan MP)Notes on Clauses
Clause 1 - Short title
This clause provides for the Act to be the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Improving Assistance for Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Families) Act 2020.
Clause 2 - Commencement
The table in subclause 2(1) sets out when the Act's provisions will commence. The table provides that:
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- Sections 1 to 3, and anything else in the Act not covered elsewhere in the table comes into effect on the day the Act receives the Royal Assent;
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- Schedule 1, items 1 to 6, commence on 1 July 2021;
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- Schedule 1, item 7 commences on 13 December 2019, immediately after Schedule 2 to the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Building on the Child Care Package) Act 2019 commenced;
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- Schedule 1, item 8 commences on 16 December 2019, immediately after Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Building on the Child Care Package) Act 2019 commenced.
Subclause 2(2) provides that information in column 3 of the table at subclause 2(1) is not part of the Act and information may be inserted into column 3 or information in it may be edited in any published version of the Act.
A note to subclause 2(1) states that the table relates only to the provisions of the Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of the Act.
Clause 3 - Schedules
This clause provides that any legislation that is specified in a schedule is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the schedule and that any other item in a schedule has effect according to its terms.
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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- ACCS means Additional Child Care Subsidy
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- Building on the Child Care Package Bill means the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Building on the Child Care Package) Bill 2019 (subsequently enacted as the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Building on the Child Care Package) Act 2019)
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- CCS means Child Care Subsidy
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- Family Assistance Act means the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
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- Family Assistance Administration Act means the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
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- Minister's rules means the Child Care Subsidy Minister's Rules 2017 (being the rules made by the Minister under subsection 85GB(1) of the Family Assistance Act)