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SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 243AA

Review by Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights

  (1)   The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights must conduct reviews under this section and report the Committee's findings of each review to both Houses of the Parliament.

Requirements for review

  (2)   A review under this section must examine Part   3AA and Part   3B, so far as they relate to compulsory enhanced income management or compulsory income management, for compatibility with human rights.

First review

  (3)   The first review under this section must be completed within 12 months after this section commences.

Subsequent reviews

  (4)   Each subsequent review under this section must be completed within 3 years after the completion of the previous review.

When review is completed

  (5)   For the purposes of this section, a review is completed when the Committee's findings of the review have been tabled in both Houses of the Parliament.

  (6)   In this section:

"compulsory enhanced income management" means the enhanced income management regime set out in Subdivisions A to F and H of Division   2, and Subdivisions A to B of Division   3, of Part   3AA.

"compulsory income management" means the income management regime set out in sections   123UC, 123UCA, 123UCB, 123UCC, 123UD, 123UE, 123UF and 123UFAA, and Subdivisions BA, BB and C of Division   2, and Subdivisions B to DAA of Division   5, of Part   3B.

"human rights" has the same meaning as in the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 .



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