Social Security and Indigenous Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2010

Type: Government
Portfolio: Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 42
Summary: Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
  to provide that: the Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) Determination is to be used to assess a person’s qualification for carer allowance; and a person remains qualified for carer allowance three months after the child cared for turns 16;
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
  in relation to: income management; credit of income management accounts in error; credit to income management accounts before debt recovery; student start-up scholarship payments and relocation scholarship payments; and consequential amendments;
Social Security Act 1991
  and
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
  in relation to the recovery of income management debts; and
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005
  to: provide to the Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) a guaranteed annual payment of $45 million from 1 July 2010, indexed to CPI for later years; provide additional funding to the ILC; and require regular review of these funding arrangements.

Progress

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

Senate
15 Jun 2010	Introduced and read a first time
15 Jun 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
29 Jun 2010	Assent Act no.: 89 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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