Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Act 2022 (39 of 2022)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 1A   Stage 1A amendments

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

48C   Section 123SB

Insert:

balance of the qualified portion , of acategory D welfare payment, means:

(a) if a deduction is to be made from, or an amount is to be set off against, the payment under:

(i) section 61, 61A or 238 of this Act; or

(ii) section 1231 of the 1991 Act; or

(iii) section 84, 84A, 92, 92A, 225, 226, 227 or 228A of the Family Assistance Administration Act;

the amount of the qualified portion of the payment less the amount of the deduction or the amount of the set-off; or

(b) in any other case - the amount of the qualified portion of the payment.

category C welfare payment means:

(a) youth allowance; or

(b) jobseeker payment; or

(c) special benefit; or

(d) pension PP (single); or

(e) benefit PP (partnered).

category D welfare payment means:

(a) a social security benefit; or

(b) a disability support pension; or

(c) a carer payment; or

(d) a pension PP (single); or

(e) a payment under the scheme known as the ABSTUDY scheme that includes an amount identified as living allowance; or

(f) double orphan pension; or

(g) family tax benefit under the Family Assistance Act; or

(h) family tax benefit advance under the Family Assistance Administration Act; or

(i) stillborn baby payment under the Family Assistance Act; or

(j) carer allowance; or

(k) child disability assistance; or

(l) carer supplement; or

(m) mobility allowance; or

(n) pensioner education supplement; or

(o) telephone allowance under Part 2.25 of the 1991 Act; or

(p) utilities allowance under Part 2.25A of the 1991 Act; or

(q) a distance education payment under the scheme known as the Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme, where the payment relates to a child or children at a Homelands Learning Centre; or

(r) a payment under the scheme known as the ABSTUDY scheme that includes an amount identified as pensioner education supplement; or

(s) a social security bereavement payment; or

(t) an advance payment under Part 2.22 of the 1991 Act; or

(u) an advance pharmaceutical allowance under Part 2.23 of the 1991 Act; or

(v) a mobility allowance advance under section 1045 of the 1991 Act.

exempt welfare payment recipient has the same meaning as in Part 3B.

qualified portion , of a category D welfare payment, has the meaning given by section 123SM.

unqualified portion , of a category D welfare payment, has the meaning given by section 123SM.