Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by the authority of the Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator the Hon Kay Patterson)Schedule 2 - Administrative scheme for 2005 one-off payments to carers
Summary
This Schedule contains provisions to enable an administrative scheme to be established. In broad terms, the purpose of the administrative scheme will be to provide payments in circumstances where the statutory one-off payments regime provided for in Schedule 1 does not produce an appropriate result in relation to circumstances that occur in the 2004-05 income year. The Minister for Family and Community Services will determine the details of the scheme by legislative instrumentdisallowable instrument.
Background
This Schedule enables an administrative scheme to be established alongside the statutory one-off payment scheme.
Explanation of changes
Item 1 provides for the establishment of an administrative scheme by the Minister for Family and Community Services by legislative instrument, under which one-off lump sum payments can be made to carers in specified circumstances. The purpose of the scheme is to provide payments in circumstances where the statutory one-off payments regime does not produce an appropriate result in relation to circumstances that occur in the 2004 - 05 income year.
The details of the administrative scheme (including such matters as eligibility, amount of the payment and administrative matters) would be set out in a disallowable instrument.
Payments under the administrative scheme would be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund (in accordance with subitem 1(4) ).
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