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A Bill for an Act to amend the Social Security Act 1991, and for related purposes
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Registered 04 Apr 2019
Introduced Senate 02 Apr 2019
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2016‑2017‑2018‑2019

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

THE SENATE

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

Social Security Amendment (A Fair Go for Age Pensioners) Bill 2019

 

No.      , 2019

 

(Senator Anning)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Social Security Act 1991, and for related purposes

  

  


Contents

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

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

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                3

Social Security Act 1991                                                                                            3

 

 


A Bill for an Act to amend the Social Security Act 1991, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

                   This Act is the Social Security Amendment (A Fair Go for Age Pensioners) Act 2019.

2  Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act 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.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2.  Schedule 1

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3  Schedules

                   Legislation 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 1Amendments

  

Social Security Act 1991

1  Section 55

Repeal the section, substitute:

55  How to work out a person’s age pension rate

                   A person’s age pension rate is worked out using Pension Rate Calculator B at the end of section 1065 (see Part 3.3).

2  Section 1064 (heading)

Omit “age,”.

3  Paragraph 1064(1)(a)

Repeal the paragraph.

4  Section 1065 (heading)

After “age”, insert “pension”.

5  Paragraph 1065(1)(a)

Omit “payable to a person who is permanently blind”.