Farm Household Support Amendment Act 1997 (Cth)

Farm Household Support Amendment Act 1997

No. 21, 1997

An Act to amend the Farm Household Support Act 1992

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Farm Household Support Amendment Act 1997

No. 21, 1997

An Act to amend the FarmHouseholdSupportAct1992

[Assented to 7 April 1997]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Farm Household Support Amendment Act 1997.

2Commencement

This Act commences on the 28th day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3Schedule(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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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 Farm Household Support Act 1992

1

After Part 1

Insert:

Part 1A—Termination of farm household support

6ATermination of farm household support

1. (1)

   Farm household support is not payable to a person in respect of a day (the day in question) unless farm household support is payable to the person in respect of:

   1. (a)

      the cutoff day; and

   2. (b)

      each day between the cutoff day and the day in question.

For this purpose, cutoff day means the day on which this section commenced.

Example 1: Farm household support was not payable to a person in respect of the cutoff day. The person can never again become entitled to be paid farm household support for any period after the cutoff day.

Example 2: Farm household support was payable to a person for a continuous period that started before the cutoff day and ended 3 months after the cutoff day. The person can never again become entitled to be paid farm household support for any period later than 3 months after the cutoff day.

1. (2)

   This section has effect despite anything else in this Act.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 4 December 1996

Senate on 24 February 1997]

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