Social Services Legislation Amendment (No Jab, No Pay) Act 2015 (158 of 2015)

Schedule 1   Amendments

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

19   Application and transitional provisions

(1) The amendments made by this Schedule apply:

(a) in relation to working out whether FTB Part A supplement is to be added, in working out an individual's Part A rate of family tax benefit, for a day on or after the commencement of this item; and

(b) in relation to working out whether an individual, or an approved child care service, is eligible for child care benefit for care provided to a child on a day on or after the commencement of this item.

(2) A certification mentioned in subsection 6(5) or (6) of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 (as in force immediately before the commencement of this item) that had effect immediately before that commencement is taken, on and after that commencement, to be a certification of a general practitioner for the purposes of paragraph 6(3)(a) or (b) of that Act (as amended by this Act), as the case requires.

(3) Sections 6 and 7 of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item, do not apply on or after that commencement in relation to days before that commencement.

Note: Subitem (3) means, for example, that on or after the commencement of this item, an individual cannot make a declaration under section 6 of that Act that he or she has a conscientious objection to a child being immunised.