Social Security (Remote Engagement Program Payment) Determination 2023 (Cth)

Social Security (Remote Engagement Program Payment) Determination 2023

I, Linda Burney, Minister for Indigenous Australians, make the following determination.

Dated   7 July 2023

Linda Burney

Minister for Indigenous Australians

Contents

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

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

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

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

5............ Remote engagement program........................................................................................ 1

6............ Remote engagement placement...................................................................................... 2

7............ Remote engagement program payment.......................................................................... 2

1  Name

This instrument is the Social Security (Remote Engagement Program Payment) 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 day after this instrument is registered.	12 July 2023

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 the Social Security Act 1991.

4  Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

5  Remote engagement program

For the purposes of paragraph 661A(2)(a) of the Act, the following arrangements are the remote engagement program:

(a)  the arrangement set out in Part G of Annexure 1 to the Head Agreement for the Community Development Program 2019‑2024 between the Commonwealth and Paupiyala Tjarutja Aboriginal Corporation, as in force on 3 July 2023;

(b)  the arrangement set out in Part G of Annexure 1 to the Head Agreement for the Community Development Program 2019‑2024 between the Commonwealth and Ngaanyatjarra Council Aboriginal Corporation, as in force on 3 July 2023.

6  Remote engagement placement

For the purposes of paragraph 661A(2)(b) of the Act, the following parts of the remote engagement program are a remote engagement placement under the program:

(a)  the REP Placement set out in Part G of Annexure 1 to the Head Agreement mentioned in paragraph 5(a) of this instrument;

(b)  the REP Placement set out in Part G of Annexure 1 to the Head Agreement mentioned in paragraph 5(b) of this instrument.

7  Remote engagement program payment

For the purposes of subsection 661E(2) of the Act, the rate of payment per fortnight of the remote engagement program payment is $190.