Summary
Amends the:
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
to: clarify the commencement date of child support periods when the registrar receives a new tax assessment for a parent; and ensure that a parent with less than 35 per cent care of a child is not entitled to receive child support payments;
Social Security Act 1991
and
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to provide legislative authority for urgent payments to eligible social security recipients outside the standard fortnightly payment cycle; and
Social Security Act 1991
to clarify the operation of the social security income test treatment of employment income.