Social Security (Administration) (Excluded circumstances – Queensland Commission) Amendment Specification 2016 (Cth)

Social Security (Administration) (Excluded circumstances – Queensland Commission) Amendment Specification 2016

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

I, CHRISTIAN PORTER, Minister for Social Services, acting under paragraphs 123UF(1)(d) and 123UF(2)(e) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, make this Specification.

Dated: 18 March 2016

CHRISTIAN PORTER
Minister for Social Services

1. Name of Specification

   This specification is the Social Security (Administration) (Excluded circumstances – Queensland Commission) Amendment Specification 2016.

2. Commencement

   This specification commences on 11 April 2016 following its registration.

3. Amendment of Social Security (Administration) (Excluded circumstances – Queensland Commission) Specification 2014

   Schedule 1 amends the Social Security (Administration) (Excluded circumstances – Queensland Commission) Specification 2014.

Schedule 1        Amendment

[1]              Section 3 Definitions

Insert:

Doomadgee area means the area of the Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council.

[2]              Section 3 Definitions

          Omit the definition of ‘Welfare reform community area’ and insert:

Welfare reform community area means the following areas:

(a) Aurukun area;

(b) Coen area;

(c) Doomadgee area;

(d) Hope Vale area; and

(d) Mossman Gorge area.

[3]              Section 4 Circumstance for paragraphs 123UF(1)(d) and 123UF(2)(e) of the Act

Omit section 4 and insert:

For paragraphs 123UF(1)(d) and 123UF(2)(e) of the Act, a circumstance is that the notice was given in respect of a person where:

(a) the person’s usual place of residence is an area other than a welfare         reform community area; and

(b) the person’s usual place of residence was not:

(i)       on 1 July 2008 in the Aurukun area, Coen area, Hope Vale          area or Mossman Gorge area; or

           (ii)      on 11 April 2016 in the Doomadgee area; and

(c) the person has not lived for 3 months or more:

(i)       in the Aurukun area, Coen area, Hope Vale area or Mossman     Gorge area since 1 July 2008; or

(ii)     in the Doomadgee area since 11 April 2016.