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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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