Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FARM HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT ACT 2014

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Object of this Act  
   4.      Simplified outline of this Act  
   5.      Definitions  
   6.      Meanings of specified 10 year period and meets the 4 years or less requirement  
   6A.     Norfolk Island  

   PART 2--FARM--HOUSEHOLD ALLOWANCE

           Division 1--Simplified outline of this Part

   7.      Simplified outline of this Part  

           Division 2--Basic qualifications of farmers and their partners for farm household allowance

   8.      Qualification of farmers for farm household allowance  
   9.      Qualification of farmers' partners for farm household allowance  
   10.     Grace period for farmers' partners  
   11.     Persons with temporary incapacity exemption may be taken to meet the labour requirement  
   12.     Persons not qualified if Secretary determines that they do not effectively control farm enterprises  
   13.     Determination of matters relating to qualification for farm household allowance  

           Division 3--Financial improvement agreements

   14.     Requirement to enter financial improvement agreement  
   15.     Terms of financial improvement agreement  
   16.     Approval of requirements  
   17.     Variation, cancellation and review  
   18.     Notification of circumstances preventing or affecting compliance  

           Division 4--The activity test

   19.     The activity test  
   20.     Training and advice to be provided by appropriately qualified person  
   21.     Determining whether work is unsuitable  

           Division 5--Exemptions from the activity test

              Subdivision A--General exemptions determined by the Secretary

   22.     Determination of exemption by Secretary  
   23.     Essential farm activities  
   24.     Domestic violence etc.  
   25.     People with disabled children  
   26.     Inclusion in prescribed class  
   27.     Exemption where requirement for person to satisfy the activity test would be unreasonable  
   28.     Special circumstances  

              Subdivision B--Automatic general exemptions

   29.     Members of Defence Reserves  
   30.     Prenatal and postnatal exemption  

              Subdivision C--People temporarily incapacitated

   31.     Temporarily incapacitated person exempt from the activity test  
   32.     Time limit for exemption--end of person's maximum exemption period  

           Division 6--Payability

              Subdivision A--Situations where allowance not payable (assets test)

   33.     Assets value limit  
   35.     Meaning of farm assets and non - farm assets  
   35A.    Meaning of water entitlement right  
   36.     Meaning of value of assets  
   36A.    Valuing a water entitlement right  

              Subdivision B--Situations where allowance not payable (general)

   37.     Farm household allowance not payable if allowance rate nil  
   38.     Multiple entitlement exclusion  

              Subdivision C--Situations where allowance not payable (waiting period)

   39.     Waiting period  
   42.     Newly arrived resident's waiting period  
   43.     Duration of newly arrived resident's waiting period  

              Subdivision D--Other situations where farm household allowance not payable

   48.     Seasonal workers  

           Division 7--Overseas portability

   49.     Division does not affect need for qualification  
   50.     Persons to whom Division applies  
   51.     Farm household allowance portable  
   52.     Amounts added to rate  
   53.     Meaning of allowable absence and portability period  
   54.     Secretary may extend the portability period  

           Division 8--Rate of farm household allowance

              Subdivision A--Persons who have turned 22

   55.     How to work out the rate of a person's farm household allowance  
   56.     Maximum basic rate  
   57.     Pension supplement does not apply  
   58.     Energy supplement  
   59.     Pharmaceutical allowance  
   59A.    Income reduction  

              Subdivision B--Persons who have not turned 22

   60.     How to work out the rate of a person's farm household allowance  
   61.     Maximum basic rate  
   62.     Energy supplement  
   63.     Pharmaceutical allowance  
   64.     Youth disability supplement does not apply  
   65.     Student income bank does not apply  
   65A.    Income reduction  

              Subdivision C--Income test

   66.     Deemed income from financial assets  
   67.     Allowable deductions from ordinary income  

           Division 9--Compliance with obligations in relation to farm household allowance

   71.     Qualification failures  
   72.     Consequences of qualification failures  
   73.     Conduct failures  
   74.     Consequences of conduct failures  
   75.     Revoking a determination relating to a conduct failure  
   76.     Reasonable excuses  
   77.     Day of determination  
   78.     Relationship with section 80 of the Social Security Administration Act  

   PART 3--ACTIVITY--SUPPLEMENT

   79.     Simplified outline of this Part  
   80.     Qualification for the activity supplement  
   81.     Electing method of payment  
   82.     Amount of activity supplement  
   83.     Determination of eligible activities  

   PART 4--FARM--FINANCIAL ASSESSMENTS

           Division 1--Simplified outline of this Part

   84.     Simplified outline of this Part  

           Division 2--Farm financial assessments

   85.     Requirement to have farm financial assessment conducted  
   86.     Requirement for farm financial assessment to be conducted by independent person who has appropriate qualifications or expertise  

           Division 3--Farm financial assessment supplement

   87.     Qualification for farm financial assessment supplement  
   88.     Electing method of payment  
   89.     The amount of farm financial assessment supplement  

   PART 4A--FHA--SUPPLEMENT

   89A.    Simplified outline of this Part  
   89B.    Qualification for FHA supplement  
   89C.    Amount of FHA supplement  

   PART 4B--RELIEF--PAYMENTS

   89D.    Simplified outline of this Part  
   89E.    Qualification for relief payment  
   89F.    Amount of relief payment  

   PART 5--APPLICATION--AND MODIFICATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ACT

           Division 1--Introduction

   90.     Simplified outline of this Part  
   91.     Purposes of this Part  
   92.     Further modification of the Social Security Act and the Social Security Administration Act  

           Division 2--Application and modification of the Social Security Act

   93.     Application of the Social Security Act  
   94.     Certain provisions do not apply  
   95.     Modification of particular provisions  
   96.     Application of Division 10 of Part 2.11 and Division 9 of Part 2.12 (bereavement payments) of the Social Security Act  
   97.     References to youth allowance and jobseeker payment  

           Division 3--Application and modification of the Social Security Administration Act

   98.     Certain provisions do not apply  
   99.     Modification of particular provisions  

   PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS

   100.    Simplified outline of this Part  
   101.    Delegation of powers  
   102.    Delegation by Secretary: references to the Secretary and the Department  
   102A.   Debt waiver--farm household allowance paid for days occurring on or after 1 July 2015 and before 1 July 2020  
   103.    Approval of forms  
   104.    Annual report  
   105.    Appropriation  
   106.    Rules