Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by the authority of the Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham)Notes on clauses
Abbreviations used in this explanatory memorandum
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- ACCS means Additional Child Care Subsidy;
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- ATI means adjusted taxable income;
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- CCB means Child Care Benefit;
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- CCR means Child Care Rebate;
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- CCS means Child Care Subsidy;
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- Family Assistance Act means the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999;
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- Family Assistance Administration Act means the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999;
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- Family assistance law means the Family Assistance Act and the Family Assistance Administration Act;
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- FTB means Family Tax Benefit;
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- JETCCFA means Jobs, Education and Training Child Care Fee Assistance;
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- National Law means the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 (Vic) (and equivalent legislation in other State and Territory jurisdictions);
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- TFN means Tax File Number.
Clause 1 provides for the short title of the Act to be the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Act 2016.
Clause 2 provides a table setting out the commencement dates of the various sections in, and Schedules to, the Bill. The key provisions located in Schedule 1, and which introduce the new CCS regime, commence on 2 July 2018 (being the first Monday of the 2018 - 19 financial year). Other Schedules, including those containing consequential and transitional provisions, commence at other times, as specified. Two compliance related provisions to enable the Secretary to determine when applications for approval are taken not to be made, and reassess an approved child care service against the approval criteria, commence early from Royal Assent to target fraudulent or non - complying service types prior to the introduction of the new CCS regime on 2 July 2018.
Clause 3, for the avoidance of doubt, provides that each Act that is specified in a Schedule is amended or repealed as set out in that Schedule.
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