2010

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

THE SENATE

Presented and read a first time

Social Security Amendment (Income Support for Regional Students) Bill 2010

No.      , 2010

(Senator Nash)

A Bill for an Act to amend the Social Security Act 1991 to improve income support for regional students, and for related purposes

Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1

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

3............ Object................................................................................................. 2

4............ Schedule(s).......................................................................................... 2

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Social Security Act 1991                              3

A Bill for an Act to amend the Social Security Act 1991 to improve income support for regional students, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

                   This Act may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Income Support for Regional Students) Act 2010.

2  Commencement

                   This Act commences on 1 January 2011.

3  Object

                   The object of this Act is to improve income support for regional students by extending the youth allowance to eligible students whose family home is in a location categorised under the Remoteness Structure as “Inner Regional Australia”.

4  Schedule(s)

                   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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 Social Security Act 1991

1  Paragraph 1067A(10E)(a)

After “Remoteness Structure as”, insert “Inner Regional Australia,”.