Household Stimulus Package Act (No. 2) 2009

Each provision of this Act 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.

This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.

Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.

A person is qualified for a training and learning bonus if subsection (2) or (4) applies to the person.

This subsection applies to a person if the person was receiving one or more of the following payments in respect of 3 February 2009:

youth allowance;

austudy payment;

special benefit;

sickness allowance;

a payment under the ABSTUDY Scheme that included an amount identified as living allowance;

an education allowance under section 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 or 3.6A of the Veterans' Children Education Scheme;

an education allowance under section 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 or 3.6 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Education and Training Scheme.

However:

paragraph (2)(a) does not apply to the person unless the person was receiving youth allowance on the basis that, on 3 February 2009:

the person was undertaking full‑time study; or

the person was qualified for a youth allowance under section 540AA; and

paragraph (2)(c) does not apply if the person had reached pension age on or before 14 October 2008.

This subsection applies to a person if:

on 3 February 2009 the person was entitled to family tax benefit; and

the rate of family tax benefit payable in relation to that day consisted of or included a Part A rate greater than nil worked out taking into account at least one FTB child who was aged 21 or more and less than 25 on that day; and

the person would have been entitled to a back to school bonus under section 95 of the Family Assistance Act if any such child were aged 4 or more and less than 19 on that day.

A person cannot receive more than one payment under this section, regardless of how many times the person qualifies under this section.

Despite anything else in this section, a person who is:

an FTB child in respect of whom another person is entitled to a back to school bonus under section 95 of the Family Assistance Act; or

entitled to a back to school bonus under section 98 of the Family Assistance Act;

The amount of a person's training and learning bonus is:

if the person qualifies for a training and learning bonus under subsection 910(2) but not under subsection 910(4)-$950; or

if the person qualifies for a training and learning bonus under subsection 910(4) but not under subsection 910(2)-$950 for each FTB child because of whom the person so qualifies; or

if the person qualifies for a training and learning bonus under subsection 910(2) and also qualifies under subsection 910(4)-the sum of:

$950; and

$950 for each FTB child because of whom the person so qualifies.

Despite paragraph (1)(b) and subparagraph (1)(c)(ii) of this section, subsections 97(3), (4) and (5) of the Family Assistance Act apply in relation to the amount of a person's training and learning bonus in relation to an FTB child in the same way as they would apply in relation to the amount of a back to school bonus under that Act.

an instalment of exceptional circumstances relief payment under the Farm Household Support Act 1992;

an instalment of farm help income support under that Act;

a payment by the Commonwealth that:

is known as Exceptional Circumstances Interim Income Support or as Transitional Income Support; and

is of a similar nature as a payment of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).