Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by the authority of the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Senator the Hon Peter Cook)SCHEDULE 3
AMENDMENTS OF ACT OTHER THAN THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991
An amendment to section 139L would exclude from the definition of "income" in that section, an amount that is not income for the purposes of subsection 8(8) of the Social Security Act 1991 as it is applied for the purposes of section 44A of the Student and Youth Assistance Act 1973.
The amendment would insert a new subsection 29(3) to include a reference to a person registered in a category approved under section 44A(2) of the Student and Youth Assistance Act 1973 as being unemployed.
Data Matching (Assistance and Tax) Act 1986
The amendment would make changes to the definition of "personal assistance" in section 3 so that the payment of youth training allowance to a person would be included in the definition.
A new paragraph 22(4)(ca) would provide for the definition of "pensioner or beneficiary" to also mean a person who is receiving youth training allowance under Part 8 of the Student and Youth Assistance Act 1973.
Amendments would be made to this Act to ensure that persons receiving youth training allowance have the same rights and are under the same obligations under the Employment Services Act 1994 as are job search allowees.
Farm Household Support Act 1992
The Act would be amended to make provision for the payment of youth training allowance when assessing claims for farm household support.
The amendments would ensure that youth training allowance recipients and their dependants are treated in the same manner as job search allowance recipients and their dependants.
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
An amendment would be made to permit the Commissioner to communicate information to the Secretary to the Department of Employment, Education and Training for the purpose of the administration of any law of the Commonwealth relating to the payment of benefits or allowances.
Various amendments would be made to ensure that payment of the youth training allowance and any additional payments under the Student and Youth Assistance Act 1973 are treated in the same way as corresponding payments of job search allowance as well as to ensure that recipients of youth training allowance are under the same rights and designation under the Act as Job Search allowees.
Amendments are made to this Act to include a reference to youth training allowance where there is a reference to job search allowance.
Registration of Deaths Abroad Act 1984
An amendment would extend the definition of "prescribed person" in section 3 of the Act to include a person who is in receipt of youth training allowance under Part 8 of the Student and Youth Assistance Act 1973.
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
Various amendments would be made to provide for the payment of youth training allowance to the partner of a person claiming entitlements under this Act.