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

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 1B   Stage 1B amendments

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

48J   Section 123SA

Before:

• Certain welfare payments are divided into qualified and unqualified portions, with the qualified portions being credited to a BasicsCard bank account. The amount of each portion may be varied by the Secretary. Recipients are unable to spend the qualified portions of such payments on certain goods or services such as alcohol, tobacco products or gambling.

insert:

• A person may become subject to the enhanced income management regime because the person voluntarily agrees to be subject to the enhanced income management regime.