Treasury Laws Amendment (COVID-19 Economic Response No. 2) Act 2021 (79 of 2021)

Schedule 1   Amendments relating to Coronavirus economic response payments

Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020

1   After subsection 7(1A)

Insert:

(1B) The rules may also make provision for and in relation to:

(a) one or more kinds of payments by the Commonwealth to an entity in respect of a time that occurs during the period beginning on 1 July 2021 and ending on 31 December 2022, being payments that are for the purpose of providing financial support to entities that are adversely affected by restrictions imposed under a public health order of a State or Territory to prevent or control the transmission of the coronavirus known as COVID-19; and

(b) the establishment of a scheme providing for matters relating to one or more of those payments, and matters relating to such a scheme.

Paragraphs (a) and (b) do not limit each other.