Social Security Amendment (Flexible Participation Requirements for Principal Carers) Act 2010 (Cth)

Social Security Amendment (Flexible Participation Requirements for Principal Carers) Act 2010

No. 88, 2010

An Act to amend the social security law, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendment of the Social Security Act 1991

Social Security Amendment (Flexible Participation Requirements for Principal Carers) Act 2010 No. 88, 2010

An Act to amend the social security law, and for related purposes

[Assented to 29 June 2010]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Flexible Participation Requirements for Principal Carers) Act 2010.

2 Commencement This Act commences on 1 July 2010.

3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Social Security Act 1991

1 Subsection 5(1) Insert: main supporter of a secondary pupil child has the meaning given by section 5G.

2 Subsection 5(1) Insert: secondary pupil child has the meaning given by section 5F.

3 After section 5E Insert:

5F Secondary pupil child A person is a secondary pupil child of another person at a time in a financial year if: (a) at the time, the person: (i) has turned 16 but has not turned 19; and (ii) has not completed the final year of secondary school or an equivalent level of education; and (iii) is undertaking secondary education or a course of study or instruction that is determined under section 5D of the Student Assistance Act 1973 to be a secondary course; and (b) the person's income in the financial year will not be more than $6,403; and (c) at the time, the person: (i) lives with the other person; and (ii) is wholly or substantially dependent on the other person; and (d) if the person is a member of a couple, the other person is not the person's partner; and (e) the other person is claiming or receiving any of the following at the time: (i) parenting payment; (ii) youth allowance; (iii) newstart allowance; (iv) special benefit. Note: The amount in paragraph (b) is indexed annually in line with CPI increases (see sections 1191 to 1194).