Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment (Income Support Measures) Bill 2010

Type: Government
Portfolio: Veteransâ Affairs
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 42
Summary: Amends the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to: remove redundant references and provisions relating to ‘benevolent homes’; exempt from the veterans’ entitlements exemption test payments associated with expenses for part-time work experience under a labour market program; require partners of persons claiming or receiving a service pension or income support to claim a comparable foreign pension; provide that arrears payments of comparable foreign pensions are treated as periodic payments; and clarify that the value of certain superannuation investments are not disregarded for the purposes of deemed income rules and asset deprivation rules.

Progress

House of Representatives
10 Mar 2010	Introduced and read a first time
10 Mar 2010	Second reading moved
11 May 2010	Referred to Main Committee
12 May 2010	Second reading debate
13 May 2010	Reported from Main Committee
13 May 2010	Second reading agreed to
13 May 2010	Third reading agreed to

Senate
13 May 2010	Introduced and read a first time
13 May 2010	Second reading moved
24 Jun 2010	Second reading debate
24 Jun 2010	Second reading agreed to
24 Jun 2010	Third reading agreed to

24 Jun 2010	Text of bill as passed both Houses
06 Jul 2010	Assent Act no.: 99 Year: 2010

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading
As passed by both houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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Committee Information

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Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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