Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Education, Skills and Employment Measures No. 4) Regulations 2020
I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 20 August 2020
David Hurley
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Mathias Cormann
Contents
1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1
3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1
4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997 2
1 Name
This instrument is the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Education, Skills and Employment Measures No. 4) Regulations 2020.
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. | 21 August 2020 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997
1 Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table item 407, column headed “Program”)
Omit “Pilot”, substitute “Program”.
2 Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table item 407, column headed “Objective(s)”)
Omit “on a trial basis”.
3 Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table item 407, column headed “Objective(s)”)
Omit “also has the effect”, substitute “has the effect”.
4 In the appropriate position in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table)
Insert:
| 430 | Reading Writing Hotline | To provide funding for the provision to adults, online or by telephone, of information about language, literacy and numeracy courses. |
| 431 | Adult Learners’ Week | To provide funding for activities undertaken as part of the annual United Nations Week of Adult Learning referred to in the Hamburg Declaration on Adult Learning, as existing at the commencement of this item. This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing funding for measures that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation. |
| 432 | School Leaver Program | To provide information, advice and referral services (including through telephone and online services) to support school leavers to: (a) make informed decisions about their career; or (b) transition to further learning or employment; to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training in the Development of Human Resources, particularly Article 3. This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution). |
| 433 | Local Jobs—COVID‑19 Recovery Pilot | To deal with the nationwide economic impact of the coronavirus known as COVID‑19 by undertaking measures, on a trial basis, to help persons seeking employment to find and retain employment with suitable employers, including through: (a) funding training, mentoring and support services; and (b) funding projects; and (c) engaging employment facilitators; and (d) establishing Local Jobs and Skills Taskforces. This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures: (a) providing, or incidental to the provision of, unemployment benefits (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution); or (b) to give effect to Australia’s obligations under one or more of the following: (i) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 6; (ii) the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Employment Policy, particularly Articles 1 and 2; (iii) the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training in the Development of Human Resources, particularly Articles 1 to 4; or (c) that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation. |