Social Security (Administration) (Enhanced Income Management Regime—State Referrals) Determination 2023 (Cth)

Social Security (Administration) (Enhanced Income Management Regime—State Referrals) Determination 2023

I, Amanda Rishworth, Minister for Social Services, make the following determination.

Dated 1 September 2023

Amanda Rishworth

Minister for Social Services

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary  1

1  Name........................................................................................................................................ 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Definitions................................................................................................................................ 1

Part 2—Declared child protection State or Territory  2

5  Declared child protection State or Territory.............................................................................. 2

Part 3—Recognised State/Territory authority  3

6  Recognised State/Territory authority........................................................................................ 3

Part 4—Qualified portion  4

7  Qualified portion—child protection.......................................................................................... 4

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

This instrument is the Social Security (Administration) (Enhanced Income Management Regime—State Referrals) Determination 2023.

2  Commencement

(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 later of: (a) the day after this instrument is registered; and (b) the day on which the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Act 2023 commences.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

(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.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under subsections 123SCA(7), 123SCK(1) and 123SLA(2) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

4  Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

Part 2—Declared child protection State or Territory

5  Declared child protection State or Territory

Each of the following is a declared child protection State or Territory for the purposes of Part 3AA of the Act:

(a)  New South Wales;

(b)  Victoria;

(c)  Queensland;

(d)  Western Australia;

(e)  South Australia;

(f)  the Northern Territory.

Part 3—Recognised State/Territory authority

6  Recognised State/Territory authority

The Department of Health of the Northern Territory is a recognised State/Territory authority for the purposes of Part 3AA of the Act.

Part 4—Qualified portion

7  Qualified portion—child protection

For the purposes of subparagraph 123SLA(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, the percentage is 70%.