Senate

Higher Education Support Amendment (Streamlining and Other Measures) Bill 2012

Higher Education Support Amendment (Streamlining and Other Measures) Act 2012

Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum

Amendments to be moved on behalf of the Government

(Circulated by the authority of the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research)

Notes on clauses

Amendment 1 - Commencement

Amendment 1 amends the commencement provision in relation to Schedule 3A of the Bill. Schedule 3A will commence on the day the Act receives Royal Assent.

Amendment 2

Amendment 2 adds Schedule 3A to the Bill.

Schedule 3A - Student start-up scholarship payments

Social Security Act 1991

Item 1 repeals and substitutes the note under section 592H of the Social Security Act 1991 (the Act) to provide that the amount of the Student Start-up Scholarship payment will be indexed on 1 January 2017 and each later 1 January in line with CPI increases.

Item 2 inserts new subsection 1192(8A) into the Act to provide that the Student Start-up Scholarship payment is not indexed on 1 January 2013, 1 January 2014, 1 January 2015 and 1 January 2016.

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