Social Services Legislation Amendment (More Generous Means Testing for Youth Payments) Bill 2015

Type: Government
Portfolio: Social Services
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 44

Summary

Amends the: Social Security Act 1991 to: remove the family assets test and the family actual means test from the youth allowance parental means test arrangements; align parental income test exemptions for youth allowance with existing arrangements for family tax benefit (FTB) Part A; apply a separate maintenance income test for the treatment of child support; and provide that, where a family has a dependent child who receives an individual youth payment that is parentally income-tested and younger siblings who qualify for FTB, the family pool for the youth parental income test will include all FTB children; and Social Security Act 1991 and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 to remove maintenance income from the youth allowance parental income test assessment.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	10 Sep 2015
Second reading moved	10 Sep 2015
Second reading debate	20 Oct 2015
Second reading debate	21 Oct 2015
Second reading debate	22 Oct 2015
Second reading debate	09 Nov 2015
Second reading agreed to	09 Nov 2015
Third reading agreed to	09 Nov 2015

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	10 Nov 2015
Second reading moved	10 Nov 2015
Second reading debate	11 Nov 2015
Second reading debate	12 Nov 2015
Second reading agreed to	12 Nov 2015
Third reading agreed to	12 Nov 2015


Finally passed both Houses	12 Nov 2015
Assent Act no: 159 Year: 2015	26 Nov 2015

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Notes

Referred to Committee (10/09/2015): Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Committee report (09/11/2015)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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