Medicare Levy Amendment Act 1998
No. 29, 1998
Medicare Levy Amendment Act 1998
No.29 , 1998
An Act to amend the Medicare Levy Act 1986, and for related purposes
Contents
1 Short title..................................1
2 Commencement..............................1
3 Schedule(s).................................2
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Medicare Levy Act 1986 3
Medicare Levy Amendment Act 1998
No.29 , 1998
An Act to amend the Medicare Levy Act 1986, and for related purposes
[Assented to 17 April 1998]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Medicare Levy Amendment Act 1998.
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1997.
(2) Items 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Schedule 1 are taken to have commenced on 1 July 1997, immediately after the commencement of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to, and Schedule 2 to, the Medicare Levy Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997.
3 Schedule(s)
Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Medicare Levy Act 1986
1 Subsections 7(1) and (2)
Omit “$13,127”, substitute “$13,389”.
2 Subsection 7(2)
Omit “$14,191”, substitute “$14,474”.
3 Subsection 8(5) (definition of family income threshold)
Omit “$22,152”, substitute “$22,594”.
4 Subsection 8(6)
Omit “$22,152”, substitute “$22,594”.
5 Paragraph 8D(3)(c)
Omit “$13,127”, substitute “$13,389”.
6 Subparagraph 8D(4)(a)(ii)
Omit “$13,127”, substitute “$13,389”.
7 Paragraph 8G(2)(c)
Omit “$13,127”, substitute “$13,389”.
8 Subparagraph 8G(3)(a)(ii)
Omit “$13,127”, substitute “$13,389”.
9 Application
The amendments made by this Schedule apply for the financial year commencing on 1 July 1997 and all later financial years.
[Minister's second reading speech—
made in House of Representatives on 29 October 1997
tabled in Senate on 4 December 1997]
(201/97)