Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Family Assistance and Related Measures) Act 2005 (61 of 2005)

Schedule 4   Rent assistance

Part 2   Rent certificates

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

31   After subsection 29(2)

Insert:

(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.

Note: The heading to subsection 29(2) is altered by omitting "Consequence" and substituting "Consequences".