- Date
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18 Mar 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the:
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
to remove the tax system option for delivery of family tax benefit payments; Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to enable people subject to the Northern Territory income management regime to access the Social Security Appeals Tribunal and Administrative Appeals Tribunal appeal mechanisms; and Social Security Act 1991
to: provide new Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) participants, commencing on or after 1 July 2009, with access to the CDEP program while receiving income support payments; and provide that existing CDEP participants receive CDEP wages from CDEP providers and, in certain circumstances, the CDEP Scheme Participant Supplement.