PART 3
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PAYMENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (OTHER THAN CHILD CARE SUBSIDY AND ADDITIONAL CHILD CARE SUBSIDY)
History
Pt 3 heading substituted by No 22 of 2017, s 3 and Sch 1 item 86, effective 2 July 2018. For application, saving and transitional provisions, see note under Pt
3A
heading. The heading formerly read:
PART 3
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PAYMENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE
Division 1
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Family tax benefit
Subdivision C
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Variation of determinations
SECTION 29
Variation of instalment entitlement determination where failure to provide information
29(1)
This section applies if:
(a)
a determination is in force on a particular day under which the claimant is entitled to be paid family tax benefit by instalment; and
(b)
the Secretary, in order to make a decision about the eligibility, or daily rate of eligibility, of the claimant for family tax benefit on either or both of the following:
(i)
the particular day or any later day;
(ii)
any day or days in the past when the determination was in force;
requires the claimant or the claimant
'
s partner under Division
1
of Part
6
to give information or produce documents; and
(c)
the claimant or the claimant
'
s partner refuses or fails to comply with the requirements.
Consequences of section applying
29(2)
If this section applies, the Secretary may vary the determination so that it has the effect that the claimant is not entitled to be paid family tax benefit for any day, on which the determination was or will be in force, after the end of the last instalment period before the variation takes place.
29(2A)
Without limiting subsection (2), if the information or documents required relate to:
(a)
the claimant
'
s eligibility for rent assistance; or
(b)
the amount of rent assistance to be added in calculating the claimant
'
s rate of family tax benefit;
the Secretary may vary the determination so as to establish a different rate of family tax benefit that does not have the amount of rent assistance added for any day, on which the determination was or will be in force, after the end of the last instalment period before the variation takes place or from a later day determined by the Secretary.
History
S 29(2A) inserted by No 61 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 4 item 31, effective 1 July 2005.
29(2B)
Without limiting subsection (2), if the Secretary considers that the information or document is relevant to whether an individual is a senior secondary school child, the Secretary may vary the determination so as to disregard the individual for the purposes of working out whether the claimant is entitled to be paid family tax benefit, and it so the rate at which it is to be paid:
(a)
for any day on which the determination was or will be in force after the end of the last instalment period before the variation takes place; or
(b)
for any later day on which the determination was or will be in force specified by the Secretary in the variation.
History
S 29(2B) amended by No 14 of 2014, s 3 and Sch 3 item 31, by substituting
"
is a senior secondary school child
"
for
"
satisfies or is exempt from the FTB activity test
"
, applicable on and after that commencement in relation to a day occurring before 1 May 2014.
S 29(2B) inserted by No 129 of 2009, s 3 and Sch 1 item 11, effective 1 January 2010. No 129 of 2009, s 3 and Sch 1 items 13 and 14 (as amended by No 45 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 3 items 1 to 3, effective 1 January 2010) contain the following application and transitional provisions:
13 Application
(1)
If a claim for the payment of family tax benefit by instalment is made on or after 1 January 2010, the amendments made by this Schedule apply for the purposes of working out the claimant
'
s entitlement to the payment of family tax benefit by instalment.
(2)
If a claim for the payment of family tax benefit by instalment is made before 1 January 2010, the amendments made by this Schedule apply for the purposes of working out the claimant
'
s entitlement to the payment of family tax benefit by instalment for a day that falls on or after 1 July 2010.
(3)
The amendments made by this Schedule apply to the payment of family tax benefit for a past period to the extent that the period falls on or after 1 January 2010.
14 Obtaining information during the transition period
(1)
If the Secretary considers that information or a document that is in a person
'
s custody or under a person
'
s control may be relevant to whether an individual will satisfy or be exempt from the FTB activity test on 1 July 2010, the Secretary may require the person to give the information or produce the document during the transition period to a specified agency.
(2)
The
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
and the
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
apply as if this item were a requirement under Division
1
of Part
6
of the
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
.
(3)
The
transition period
is the period beginning at the start of 1 January 2010 and ending at the end of 30 June 2010.
Consequences of later provision of information or documents
29(3)
If:
(a)
under subsection (2), (2A) or (2B), the Secretary varies the determination; and
(b)
the claimant gives the information or produces the documents mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) by the end of the income year following the one in which the variation took effect;
the Secretary must vary the determination to undo the effect mentioned in subsection (2), (2A) or (2B).
History
S 29(3) amended by No 129 of 2009, s 3 and Sch 1 item 12, by substituting
"
subsection (2), (2A) or (2B)
"
for
"
subsection (2) or (2A)
"
(wherever occurring), effective 1 January 2010. For application and transitional provisions, see note under s 29(2B).
S 29(3) amended by No 61 of 2005, s 3 and Sch 4 item 32, by inserting
"
or (2A)
"
after
"
subsection (2)
"
(wherever occurring), effective 1 July 2005.