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2019-2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker
Hiring Credit) Amendment Bill 2020
No. , 2020
(Treasury)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Coronavirus
Economic Response Package (Payments and
Benefits) Act 2020
, and for related purposes
No. , 2020
Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker Hiring Credit) Amendment
Bill 2020
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits)
Act 2020
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No. , 2020
Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker Hiring Credit) Amendment
Bill 2020
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A Bill for an Act to amend the
Coronavirus
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Economic Response Package (Payments and
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Benefits) Act 2020
, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker Hiring
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Credit) Amendment Act 2020
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker Hiring Credit) Amendment
Bill 2020
No. , 2020
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments
Schedule 1
No. , 2020
Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker Hiring Credit) Amendment
Bill 2020
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and
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Benefits) Act 2020
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1 Section 3
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Omit "to is to provide financial support to entities", substitute "is to
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provide financial support directly or indirectly to entities that are".
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2 Section 6
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Insert:
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relevant period
means the period between 7 October 2020 and
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6 October 2022.
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3 After subsection 7(1)
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Insert:
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(1A) The rules may also make provision for and in relation to:
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(a) one or more kinds of payments by the Commonwealth to an
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entity in respect of a time that occurs during the relevant
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period, being payments that are primarily
for the purpose of:
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(i) improving the prospects of individuals getting
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employment in Australia; or
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(ii) increasing workforce participation in Australia; and
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(b) the establishment of a scheme providing for matters relating
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to one or more those payments, and matters relating to such a
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scheme.
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Paragraphs (a) and (b) do not limit each other.
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4 Subsection 7(2)
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Omit "subsection (1)", substitute "subsections (1) and (1A)".
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5 At the end of the Act
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Add:
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Schedule 1
Amendments
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Economic Recovery Package (JobMaker Hiring Credit) Amendment
Bill 2020
No. , 2020
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Principal constitutional basis
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(1) This Act relies on the legislative power that the Parliament has
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under the Constitution with respect to matters that are peculiarly
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adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be
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carried on for the benefit of the nation.
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Additional constitutional basis
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(2) This Act also relies on all other legislative powers that the
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Parliament has under the Constitution relevant to a kind of
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Coronavirus economic response payment.
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