Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (WELFARE PAYMENT REFORM) ACT 2007 (NO. 130, 2007) - SECT 5

             (1)  Subsections (2) and (3) apply to:

                     (a)  the provisions of Part 3B of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 ; and

                     (b)  any acts done under or for the purposes of:

                              (i)  those provisions; or

                             (ii)  the income management regime;

in relation to:

                     (c)  a person who is, or is potentially, subject to the income management regime under section 123UB of that Act (relevant Northern Territory area); or

                     (d)  a person in the Northern Territory who is, or is potentially, subject to the income management regime under section 123UD or 123UE of that Act (school enrolment and attendance); or

                     (e)  a person who is subject to the income management regime under section 123UF of that Act (Queensland Commission).

             (2)  To the extent that this subsection applies, the provisions referred to in paragraph (1)(a) are intended to apply to the exclusion of a law of Queensland or the Northern Territory that deals with discrimination so far as it would otherwise apply.

             (3)  To the extent that this subsection applies, any acts referred to in paragraph (1)(b) have effect despite any law of Queensland or the Northern Territory that deals with discrimination.

Queensland and Northern Territory laws that are not excluded

             (4)  However, subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a law of Queensland or the Northern Territory so far as the Minister determines, by legislative instrument, that the law is a law to which subsections (2) and (3) do not apply.

Reference to acts done includes failure to do an act

             (5)  In this section, a reference to any acts done includes a reference to any failure to do an act.