•   There is an enhanced income management regime for recipients of certain welfare payments.

•   A person may become subject to the enhanced income management regime because:

  (a)   the Queensland Commission requires the person to be subject to the enhanced income management regime; or

  (b)   a child protection officer of a State or Territory requires the person to be subject to the enhanced income management regime; or

  (c)   the person, or the person's partner, has a child who does not meet school enrolment requirements; or

  (d)   the person, or the person's partner, has a child who has unsatisfactory school attendance; or

  (e)   an officer or employee of a recognised State/Territory authority requires the person to be subject to the enhanced income management regime; or

  (f)   the Secretary has determined that the person is a vulnerable welfare payment recipient; or

  (g)   the person meets the criteria relating to disengaged youth; or

  (h)   the person meets the criteria relating to long - term welfare payment recipients; or

  (i)   the person voluntarily agrees to be subject to the enhanced income management regime.

•   A person may also become subject to the enhanced income management regime in certain circumstances where the person requests to transfer from the income management regime under Part   3B.

•   Certain welfare payments are divided into qualified and unqualified portions, with the qualified portions being credited to a BasicsCard bank account. The amount of each portion may be varied by the Secretary. Recipients are unable to spend the qualified portions of such payments on certain goods or services such as alcohol, tobacco products or gambling.