Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by the authority of the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator the Hon Anne Ruston)OUTLINE
These amendments revise the commencement date of the Bill from 1 April 2020 to 1 July 2020.
Given the passage of time, amendments are also made to Schedule 2 to the Bill to update dates referred to in the transitional, application and saving provisions.
Financial impact statement
The financial impact of these amendments is nil.
Government amendments
These amendments revise the commencement date from 1 April 2020 to 1 July 2020.
Given the passage of time, amendments are also made to Schedule 2 to the Bill to update dates referred to in the transitional, application and saving provisions.
NOTES ON AMENDMENTS
Amendment 1 changes the commencement date of table item 2 in section 2 of the Bill. This will mean that the operative schedules of the Bill, Schedules 1 and 2 will commence on 1 July 2020. Sections 1 to 3 will continue to commence on the day that the Royal Assent is received.
Amendment 2 amends the definition of 'commencement day', for the purposes of Schedule 2 to the Bill, to be 1 July 2020.
Amendments 3 and 4 amend item 2 of Schedule 2. First, amendment 3 replaces the text at subitem 1 with the words 'the amendments of the PPL Act made by Schedule 1 to this Act do not apply in relation to a claim for parental leave pay for a child made before the commencement day.' Amendment 4 replaces the reference in subitem 2 to 1 April 2020 with 'the commencement day'. As above, the definition of 'commencement day' is amended to be 1 July 2020.
Amendments 5 , 6 and 7 amend item 3 of Schedule 2 to reflect the change in commencement day. Amendment 5 replaces the text at subitem 1 with the following 'The PPL Act, as amended by Schedule 1 to this Act, applies in relation to a claim for parental leave pay for a child made on or after the commencement day.'
Amendment 6 replaces a reference to 1 April 2020 with 1 July 2020 and corrects consequential grammatical issues contained in lines 23 to 25 of item 3. Similarly, amendment 7 corrects a consequential grammatical error to replace the words 'is born' to 'was born' reflecting that this event will now have occurred in the past tense.