Social Security (Administration) (Classes of Exempt Welfare Payment Recipients) Specification 2012 (Cth)

Social Security (Administration) (Classes of Exempt Welfare Payment Recipients) Specification 2012

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

I, JENNY MACKLIN, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform, acting under subsection 123UGB(2) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 and on behalf of the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, make this Specification.

Dated             26^th June   2012

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform

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1              Name of Specification

This Specification is the Social Security (Administration) (Classes of Exempt Welfare Payment Recipients) Specification 2012.

2              Commencement

This Specification commences on 1 July 2012.

3              Definition

In this Specification:

Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

1. Exempt class - New South Wales

1. For subsection 123UGB(2) of the Act, the class of persons whose usual place of residence is within an area specified in Schedule 1 to this Specification are exempt welfare payment recipients.

1. In Schedule 1, an area has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW).

5              Exempt class - Queensland

1. For subsection 123UGB(2) of the Act, the class of persons whose usual place of residence is within a local government area specified in Schedule 2 to this Specification are exempt welfare payment recipients.

1. In Schedule 2, a local government area has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 2009 (QLD).

6              Exempt class – South Australia

1. For subsection 123UGB(2) of the Act, the class of persons whose usual place of residence is within an area of a council specified in Schedule 3 to this Specification are exempt welfare payment recipients.

1. In Schedule 3, an area of a council has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1999 (SA).

7              Exempt class - Victoria

1. For subsection 123UGB(2) of the Act, the class of persons whose usual place of residence is within a municipal district specified in Schedule 4 to this Specification are exempt welfare payment recipients.

1. In Schedule 4, a municipal district has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1989 (VIC).

Schedule 1        Exempt welfare payment recipient area ― New South Wales
(subsection 4(1))

1.           Bankstown

Schedule 2        Exempt welfare payment recipient area ― Queensland
(subsection 5(1))

1.           Logan

2.           Rockhampton

Schedule 3        Exempt welfare payment recipient area ― South Australia
(subsection 6(1))

1.           Playford

Schedule 4        Exempt welfare payment recipient area ― Victoria
(subsection 7(1))

1.           Greater Shepparton