Summary
Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
in relation to: special benefit payments; assessment of full-time study load for youth allowance and austudy payments; the definition of new apprentices; exemptions from the assets test for austudy payments; indexation of pharmaceutical allowance; calculating allowable income for the purposes of step 2 of the health care card income test calculator; and technical corrections; and the
A New Tax (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
to re-align the time period for income reconciliation for certain family tax benefit recipients; and remove a delegation provision.