Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Measures No. 5) Regulations 2019 (Cth)

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Measures No. 5) Regulations 2019

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 12 December 2019

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Mathias Cormann

Minister for Finance

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Measures No. 5) Regulations 2019.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	18 December 2019

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997

1. 1

   In the appropriate position in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table)

Insert:

386	Commonwealth Scholarships Program for Young Australians	To provide scholarships for vocational education and training for students from areas of social and economic disadvantage. This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing funding: (a) for the provision of benefits to students (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution); or (b) for measures to give effect to Australia’s obligations under one or more of the following: (i) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2, 6 and 13; (ii) the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Employment Policy, particularly Articles 1 and 2; (iii) the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training in the Development of Human Resources, particularly Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4.
387	Harvest Trail Service—Collaborating with Industry	To provide funding to support the horticulture industry to implement measures for increasing the supply of, and demand for, seasonal work for Australian workers by: (a) promoting seasonal work opportunities to Australian job seekers; or (b) addressing grower attitudes towards hiring Australian workers. This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing funding for measures to give effect to Australia’s obligations under either or both of the following: (a) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 6; (b) the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Employment Policy, particularly Article 1.
388	Jobs and Education Data Infrastructure	To provide funding to support: (a) the collection, analysis and sharing of information to inform the development of education, training and employment policy; and (b) the online delivery of education, training and employment information and services, including the development of online tools for this purpose. This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing funding for measures or activities: (a) done in the exercise of the executive power of the Commonwealth; or (b) with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution).
389	National Careers Institute Grants Program	To provide grants to support the establishment of partnerships between industry, schools, school authorities and tertiary education providers for initiatives that: (a) improve education and training pathways to employment; or (b) enable employers to play an active role in job skills development. This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing grants for measures to give effect to Australia’s obligations under one or more of the following: (a) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 6; (b) the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Employment Policy, particularly Articles 1 and 2; (c) the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training in the Development of Human Resources, particularly Articles 1, 2 and 4.