Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemption) Amendment Regulations 2021 and Residential Care and Disability Support Services (Income and Cash Assets Exemption) Amendment Regulations 2021

19 July 2021.

This Cabinet paper seeks Cabinet Legislation Committee’s authorisation to submit the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemption) Amendment Regulations 2021 and Residential Care and Disability Support Services (Income and Cash Assets Exemption) Amendment Regulations 2021 to the Executive Council. The Amendment Regulations exempt back-payments arising from retrospective reviews of Financial Means Assessments from asset and income tests of Residential Care Subsidy and social security assistance for a 12-month period from the date of payment.