Farm Household Support Amendment (Ancillary Benefits) Act 2010 (Cth)

Farm Household Support Amendment (Ancillary Benefits) Act 2010

No. 92, 2010

An Act to deal with things done in connection with the Farm Family Support Scheme, and for related purposes

Contents

Farm Household Support Amendment (Ancillary Benefits) Act 2010

No. 92, 2010

An Act to deal with things done in connection with the Farm Family Support Scheme, and for related purposes

[Assented to 29 June 2010]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Farm Household Support Amendment (Ancillary Benefits) Act 2010.

2Commencement

This Act commences on the day this Act 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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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 1Farm Household Support Act 1992

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After Part 9C

Insert:

Part 9D—Farm Family Support Scheme

52DTreatment of payments under Farm Family Support Scheme

1. (1)

   The purpose of this section is to set out how other laws apply in relation to:

   1. (a)

      payments under the pilot scheme, known as the Farm Family Support Scheme, to provide support for farmers facing hardship to meet their household expenses and to help them assess the long‑term future of their farm enterprises; and

   2. (b)

      things done in connection with that scheme.

2. (2)

   The following provisions apply in relation to a payment of income support under the Farm Family Support Scheme in the same way as they apply in relation to exceptional circumstances relief payment under this Act:

   1. (a)

      sections 54 and 56 of this Act;

   2. (b)

      sections 79A and 160AAA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936;

   3. (c)

      sections 53‑10 and 53‑15 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997;

   4. (d)

      section 64 of the Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995;

   5. (e)

      sections 547B, 573A and 1061ZK, points 1067G‑F3 and 1067G‑G3 of the Youth Allowance Rate Calculator in Part 3.5, and sections 1130B, 1131, 1227A and 1231A of the Social Security Act 1991;

   6. (f)

      section 106B of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999;

   7. (g)

      a provision of any Act, so far as it relates to a provision described in any of paragraphs (a) to (f) (inclusive) of this subsection.

   Note: Exceptional circumstances relief payment is a payment made under Part 5 of this Act.

   Example: Paragraph (g)—sections 84, 84A, 92 and 92A of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 are examples of provisions that relate to section 56 of this Act, because they relate to debts created by that section.

3. (3)

   The following provisions apply in relation to the doing of anything in relation to the Farm Family Support Scheme in the same way as they apply in relation to the doing of anything under or in relation to this Act:

   1. (a)

      the definition of officer in subsection 23(1) of the Social Security Act 1991;

   2. (b)

      Parts 4 and 5 of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

4. (4)

   Subsection 41(2AA) of the Age Discrimination Act 2004 applies in relation to anything done under the Farm Family Support Scheme in the same way as it applies to anything done in direct compliance with section 24A of this Act.

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Application

Section 52D of the Farm Household Support Act 1992 applies to the doing of things (including the making of payments) in connection with the Farm Family Support Scheme before, on or after the commencement of that section.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 26 May 2010

Senate on 24 June 2010]

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