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Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Jobkeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020

Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum

(Circulated by authority of the Attorney General and Minister for Industrial Relations, the Hon. Christian Porter)
Amendments to be moved on behalf of the Government

Glossary

The following abbreviations and acronyms are used throughout this explanatory memorandum.

Abbreviation Definition
Bill Coronavirus Economic Response Package (JobKeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020
Fair Work Act Fair Work Act 2009
JobKeeper scheme The Government-funded wage subsidy scheme administered by the Australian Taxation Commissioner under the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020 and Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Rules 2020
Legacy employer A national system employer who qualified for the JobKeeper scheme and was entitled to a JobKeeper payment under that scheme for an employee prior to 28 September 2020 but who does not qualify after that date
National system employer Has the meaning in section 14 of the Fair Work Act 2009


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