Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Act 2011 (Cth)

Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Act 2011

No. 173, 2011

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

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendments Social Security Act 1991 Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Act 2011 No. 173, 2011

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

[Assented to 5 December 2011]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Act 2011.

2 Commencement This Act commences on 1 January 2012.

3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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

Social Security Act 1991

1 Subsection 23(1) (definition of subject to participation requirements) After "paragraph 500(1)(c)", insert "or (1)(ca)".

2 After paragraph 500(1)(c) Insert: (ca) in a case where the person is in a class of persons specified by legislative instrument under subsection (2)—the person meets any participation requirements that apply to the person under section 500A; and

3 At the end of section 500 Add: (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(ca), the Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a class of persons.

4 After subsection 501A(1) Insert: (1A) Without limiting the requirements that a Parenting Payment Employment Pathway Plan may contain, a plan relating to a person to whom paragraph 500(1)(ca) applies may contain requirements relating to one or more of the following: (a) the person's education; (b) the health of a PP child of the person; (c) the education of a PP child of the person.