50Schemes for assistance of workers who were not employees

50 Schemes for assistance of workers who were not employees

(1) A regulation may provide for a scheme for: (a) providing, directly or indirectly to individuals who are owed amounts for work they did for a specified person (except as employees of the person) who is insolvent or is reasonably expected to be insolvent, financial assistance relating to those amounts; and (b) recovering amounts of that financial assistance. (2) A regulation providing for such a scheme may also provide for the following: (a) the determination of which individuals are eligible for financial assistance under the scheme (which determination may be made by, or depend on the opinion of, a person specified by the regulation); (b) the determination of how much financial assistance individuals are eligible for under the scheme, which determination may: (i) be made by, or depend on the opinion of, a person specified by the regulation; and (ii) be of different amounts for different individuals; (c) matters relating to the administration of the scheme, including: (i) the making of claims and giving of notices; and (ii) use and disclosure of personal information; and (iii) review of decisions relating to the administration of the scheme (including applications to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review); and (iv) the making, varying, administering and giving effect to of arrangements, contracts, agreements and deeds; and (v) delegation of powers and functions relating to the administration of the scheme. (3) A regulation made for the purposes of this section does not take effect before the end of the period in which it could be disallowed in either House of the Parliament.