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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2019-2020-2021
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Territories Stolen Generations Redress
Scheme (Facilitation) Bill 2021
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(Indigenous Australians)
A Bill for an Act to facilitate the operation of the
Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme,
and for related purposes
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Contents
Part 1--Preliminary
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 2
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Definitions ......................................................................................... 2
Part 2--Protection of payments under the Territories Stolen
Generations Redress Scheme
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Protection of payments under the Territories Stolen
Generations Redress Scheme ............................................................. 3
Part 3--Miscellaneous
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Act binds the Crown .......................................................................... 5
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Regulations ........................................................................................ 5
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A Bill for an Act to facilitate the operation of the
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Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme,
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and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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Part 1--Preliminary
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme
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(Facilitation) Act 2021
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Part 1
Preliminary
Section 2
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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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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.
However, if the provisions do not commence
within the period of 12 months beginning on
the day this Act receives the Royal Assent,
they commence on the day after the end of
that period.
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 Definitions
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In this Act:
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Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme
means the scheme
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known as the Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme.
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Protection of payments under the Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme
Part
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Section 4
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Part 2--Protection of payments under the
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Territories Stolen Generations Redress
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Scheme
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4 Protection of payments under the Territories Stolen Generations
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Redress Scheme
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(1) The payment of an amount to a person under the Territories Stolen
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Generations Redress Scheme does not affect the person's eligibility
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for, or entitlement to, any pension, benefit, payment or service
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(however described) under a law of the Commonwealth.
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(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a payment under the Territories
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Stolen Generations Redress Scheme is not compensation or
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damages for the purposes of:
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(a) the
Social Security Act 1991
or the
Veterans' Entitlements
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Act 1986
; or
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(b) any other law of the Commonwealth; or
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(c) a law of a State or a Territory prescribed by the regulations
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for the purposes of this paragraph.
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(3) However, subsections (1) and (2) do not apply for the purposes of
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determining the value of a person's assets under:
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(a) the
Social Security Act 1991
or the
Veterans' Entitlements
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Act 1986
; or
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(b) any other law of the Commonwealth; or
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(c) a law of a State or a Territory prescribed by the regulations
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for the purposes of this paragraph.
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(4) A payment under the Territories Stolen Generations Redress
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Scheme is absolutely inalienable, whether by way of, or in
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consequence of, sale, assignment, charge, execution, bankruptcy or
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otherwise.
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(5) Subsections (1) to (4) have effect despite anything in a law of the
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Commonwealth, a State or a Territory (whether passed or made
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Part 2
Protection of payments under the Territories Stolen Generations Redress
Scheme
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before or after the commencement of this section) unless, in the
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case of a law of the Commonwealth, the law expressly provides
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otherwise.
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(6) The regulations may prescribe laws of the Commonwealth to
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which one or more of subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply.
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Miscellaneous
Part 3
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Part 3--Miscellaneous
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5 Act binds the Crown
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This Act binds the Crown in each of its capacities.
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6 Regulations
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The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters:
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(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the
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regulations; or
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(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or
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giving effect to this Act.
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