Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (AUSTRALIANS WORKING TOGETHER AND OTHER 2001 BUDGET MEASURES) ACT 2003 - SCHEDULE 7

Part   1 -- Amendment of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

1   At the end of subsection 202(1)

Add "or the Family Homelessness Prevention and Early Intervention Pilot".

2   After paragraph 202(2)(d)

Insert:

  (da)   for the purposes of the Family Homelessness Prevention and Early Intervention Pilot; or

3   At the end of section   202

Add:

  (3)   The Minister may, by instrument in writing, specify additional purposes relating to other programs administered by the Department for which protected information may be obtained under subsection   (1), or recorded, disclosed or otherwise used under subsection   (2).

  (4)   An instrument under subsection   (3) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section   46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

  (5)   For the purposes of the application of section   48 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 , an instrument does not take effect until the end of the period in which it could be disallowed in either House of the Parliament.

Part   2 -- Amendment of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

4   At the end of subsection 162(1)

Add "or of the Family Homelessness Prevention and Early Intervention Pilot".

5   After paragraph 162(2)(d)

Insert:

  (da)   for the purpose of the Family Homelessness Prevention and Early Intervention Pilot; or

6   At the end of section   162

Add:

  (3)   The Minister may, by instrument in writing, specify additional purposes relating to other programs administered by the Department for which protected information may be obtained under subsection   (1), or recorded, disclosed or otherwise used under subsection   (2).

  (4)   An instrument under subsection   (3) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section   46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

  (5)   For the purposes of the application of section   48 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 , an instrument does not take effect until the end of the period in which it could be disallowed in either House of the Parliament.

[ Minister's second reading speech made in--

House of Representatives on 16 May 2002

Senate on 19 June 2002 ]