Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Act 2009 (48 of 2009)

Schedule 1   Streamlining payment of family tax benefit

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

12   Saving - past period family tax benefit claims through the Australian Taxation Office

The A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to:

(a) claims made before that commencement:

(i) for payment of family tax benefit for a past period; and

(ii) in a form approved by an officer of the Australian Taxation Office for the purposes of subsection 7(2) of that Act, acting under a delegation from the Secretary under section 221 of that Act; and

(b) decisions made under that Act, in relation to such claims, by officers of the Australian Taxation Office (whether those decisions were made before, on or after that commencement).