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This Act may be cited as the Social Security Legislation Amendment (One‑off Payments for Carers) Act 2005.
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This Act authorises the Minister to make, vary or revoke a legislative‑instrument scheme to pay carers a one‑off payment for circumstances in the 2004–05 financial year where existing Social Security Act provisions do not produce appropriate results. Payments are appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. The scheme delegates eligibility design to the Minister via legislative instrument (Schedule 2, item 1(2)(a)), allowing rapid response; it concentrates discretion in the Minister and requires applicants to comply with scheme‑specific entitlement steps set out in the instrument.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Social Security Legislation Amendment (One-off Payments for Carers) Act 2005.
This Act may be cited as the Social Security Legislation Amendment (One‑off Payments for Carers) Act 2005.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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 2—Administrative scheme for 2005 one‑off payments to carers
1 Administrative scheme for 2005 one‑off payments to carers
(1) Subject to this item, the Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine a scheme under which one‑off payments may be made to carers in particular circumstances. The Minister may, by legislative instrument, vary or revoke the scheme.
(2) The circumstances in which the scheme provides for payments must be circumstances:
(a) in which the Minister considers that Divisions 2 and 3 of Part 2.5A and Division 2 of Part 2.19A of the Social Security Act 1991 do not produce appropriate results; and
(b) occurring in the financial year starting on 1 July 2004.
(3) Without limiting the generality of subitem (1), the scheme may deal with the following:
(a) the circumstances in which payments are to be made;
(b) the amount of the payments;
(c) what a person has to do to get a payment;
(d) administrative matters, such as determination of entitlement and how and when payments will be made.
(4) Payments under the scheme are to be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.
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This Act may be cited as the Social Security Legislation Amendment (One‑off Payments for Carers) Act 2005.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
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 2—Administrative scheme for 2005 one‑off payments to carers
1 Administrative scheme for 2005 one‑off payments to carers
(1) Subject to this item, the Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine a scheme under which one‑off payments may be made to carers in particular circumstances. The Minister may, by legislative instrument, vary or revoke the scheme.
(2) The circumstances in which the scheme provides for payments must be circumstances:
(a) in which the Minister considers that Divisions 2 and 3 of Part 2.5A and Division 2 of Part 2.19A of the Social Security Act 1991 do not produce appropriate results; and
(b) occurring in the financial year starting on 1 July 2004.
(3) Without limiting the generality of subitem (1), the scheme may deal with the following:
(a) the circumstances in which payments are to be made;
(b) the amount of the payments;
(c) what a person has to do to get a payment;
(d) administrative matters, such as determination of entitlement and how and when payments will be made.
(4) Payments under the scheme are to be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.