Social Security Legislation Amendment (Green Army Programme) Act 2014 (Cth)

Social Security Legislation Amendment (Green Army Programme) Act 2014

No. 73, 2014

An Act to amend the law relating to social security, 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 (Green Army Programme) Act 2014 No. 73, 2014

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

[Assented to 30 June 2014]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Green Army Programme) Act 2014.

2 Commencement This Act commences on 1 July 2014.

3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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) Insert: green army allowance means green army allowance paid under the Green Army Programme. Green Army Programme means the program administered by the Commonwealth and known as the Green Army Programme.

2 After Part 1.3 of Chapter 1 Insert:

Part 1.3A—Green Army Programme

38G Simplified outline of this Part

If a person is receiving green army allowance under the Green Army Programme, a social security benefit or social security pension is not payable to the person. Certain persons participating in the Green Army Programme will not be workers or employees for the purposes of various Commonwealth laws (for example, the Fair Work Act 2009). If a person is receiving a social security pension and the person's partner is receiving green army allowance, some or all of that allowance may not be counted as ordinary income in working out the person's rate of social security pension.