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SOCIAL SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (OVERSEAS WELFARE RECIPIENTS INTEGRITY PROGRAM) BILL 2019

                                    2019




               THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES







                    SOCIAL SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
          (OVERSEAS WELFARE RECIPIENTS INTEGRITY PROGRAM) BILL 2019




                    SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM





             Amendments to be moved on behalf of the Government















                     (Circulated by the authority of the
   Minister for Social Services and Families, Senator the Hon Anne Ruston)
                    SOCIAL SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
          (OVERSEAS WELFARE RECIPIENTS INTEGRITY PROGRAM) BILL 2019



OUTLINE


These amendments introduce new commencement dates  for  Schedule  1  of  the
Social  Services  Legislation   Amendment   (Overseas   Welfare   Recipients
Integrity Program) Bill 2019.


Financial impact statement

|MEASURE                    |FINANCIAL IMPACT OVER THE FORWARD    |
|                           |ESTIMATES from 2019-20 to 2022-23*   |
|Schedule 1 - Proof Of Life |Savings of $219 million              |
|Certificates               |                                     |

*These savings represent DSS administered impacts only.
                    SOCIAL SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
          (OVERSEAS WELFARE RECIPIENTS INTEGRITY PROGRAM) BILL 2019

                            Government amendments

NOTES ON AMENDMENTS

Amendment 1 amends the commencement date of Parts 1 and  2  of  Schedule  1.
Part 1 of Schedule 1 commences on 1 October 2019 if the Act  receives  Royal
Assent before 19 September 2019. Where the Act receives Royal Assent  on  or
after 19 September 2019, Part 1 of this Schedule will commence  on  the  day
three months after the Act receives Royal Assent.

Part 2 of Schedule 1 is amended to commence on the later
of 20 March 2020 and  immediately  after  the  commencement  of  Part  1  of
Schedule 1.