Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 232

Regulations

Section 232 empowers the Minister to make regulations for the administration of the Working Family Payment, including how weekly family income is calculated, what income can be disregarded, and what information employers must provide.

• The Minister may make regulations governing how weekly family income is calculated or estimated for Working Family Payment purposes.
• Regulations may allow certain income sources to be wholly or partly disregarded when assessing weekly family income.
• The Minister may define what constitutes remunerative full-time employment and require employers to supply information needed to process claims.
• The Minister may vary the income thresholds in section 228 and the percentage rate in section 229(1), but may not reduce them below their existing levels.