Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2023 (105 of 2023)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

15   Application and transitional provisions - amendments commencing on Royal Assent

(1) The repeal and substitution of section 1062D of the Social Security Act 1991 made by this Schedule applies in relation to:

(a) if this item commences before 20 September 2023 - the period ending on 30 June 2023 and each later period; or

(b) if this item commences on or after 20 September 2023 - a period ending on or after that commencement.

(2) The Employment Secretary, when preparing the Employment Department's annual report under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for the first period in relation to which section 1062D of the Social Security Act 1991, as substituted by this Schedule, applies, must also include in that report:

(a) the following:

(i) the name of each program for which an arrangement or grant referred to in section 1062A of the Social Security Act 1991 was made, varied or administered in the financial year ending on 30 June 2022;

(ii) in relation to each such program - the total of the amounts paid in that financial year under arrangements or grants referred to in that section; and

(b) if this item commences on or after 20 September 2023 - the following:

(i) the name of each program for which an arrangement or grant referred to in section 1062A of the Social Security Act 1991 was made, varied or administered in the financial year ending on 30 June 2023;

(ii) in relation to each such program - the total of the amounts paid in that financial year under arrangements or grants referred to in that section.

(3) By complying with subitem (2) in relation to a financial year covered by paragraph (2)(a) or (b), the Employment Secretary is taken, in relation to that financial year, to have complied with section 1062D of the Social Security Act 1991, as in force immediately before the commencement of this item.