Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Social Services Measures No. 3) Regulations 2020 (Cth)

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Social Services Measures No. 3) Regulations 2020

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 20 August 2020

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 (Social Services Measures No. 3) Regulations 2020.

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.	21 August 2020

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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:

426 Reconnect Program To reduce and prevent homelessness by providing funding for services for: (a) persons aged between 12 and 18 years who are homeless or at risk of homelessness; and (b) persons aged between 12 and 21 years who are newly arrived in Australia and are homeless or at risk of homelessness, including persons who are non‑citizens; and (c) the families of persons mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b); including services to assist such persons and their families to: (d) stabilise their living situation; and (e) achieve family reconciliation wherever practicable; and (f) improve their level of engagement with: (i) the community; and (ii) education, training or employment, or a combination of those things. This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing funding: (a) with respect to aliens (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xix) of the Constitution); or (b) to give effect to Australia’s obligations under either or both of the following: (i) the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 4 and 27; (ii) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 11.