Information about the Bill
Amendments to the Social Security Amendment No. 2
2007
The purpose of the
bill is to implement government initiatives announced in the
2007-08 Budget. The changes include:
- Extending the participation exemptions to principal carers
who are relatives but not parents of children;
-
providing the Minister with the ability to make guidelines
regarding the determination of a person's capacity to work;
- updating the terms in the impairment tables in Schedule 1B
of the Social Security Act 1991;
-
allowing smoother transfers from one payment to another,
where the Secretary has decided the person should be transferred and
removing the need for a claim for the new payment; and
- clarifying that the recovery of a social security debt is
not able to be waived due to special circumstances if the debt has arisen
due to a person knowingly failing or omitting to comply with the act.
Submissions for the bill
are due by 14 September 2007.
The committee is due to report on 18 September
2007.
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia