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Social Security (Administration) (Penalty Amount) Determination 2015 (No. 1)

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Social Security (Administration) (Penalty Amount) Determination 2015 (No. 1)
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
I, LUKE HARTSUYKER, Assistant Minister for Employment, make this determination under subsection 42T(1) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.
Dated                                           18 May 2015
 
LUKE HARTSUYKER
Assistant Minister for Employment
1              Name of determination

                This determination is the Social Security (Administration) (Penalty Amount) Determination 2015 (No. 1).
 
2              Commencement

                This determination commences on 1 July 2015.
 
3              Authority
 
This determination is made under subsection 42T(1) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.
 
4              Revocation of previous penalty amount determinations and saving of penalties

(1)    The Social Security (Administration) (Penalty Amount) (DEEWR) Determination 2012 (No. 1) and the Social Security (Administration) (Penalty Amount) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2012 (No. 1) are revoked.
 
(2)    Despite the revocations in subsection (1), the Social Security (Administration) (Penalty Amount) (DEEWR) Determination 2012 (No. 1) and the Social Security (Administration) (Penalty Amount) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2012 (No. 1) continue in relation to penalties for no show no pay failures and reconnection failures committed before 1 July 2015.
 
5              Definitions
In this determination:
Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

daily penalty rate has the same meaning as in subsection 9(1) of this determination.

instalment period has the same meaning as in section 43 of the Act.

no show no pay failure has the same meaning as in subsection 42C(1) of the Act.

non-attendance failure has the same meaning as in subsection 42SC(1) of the Act.

non-attendance failure penalty period has the same meaning as in subsection 42T(3B) of the Act.
 
penalty-affected rate has the same meaning as in subsection 9(4) of this determination.
 
reconnection failure has the same meaning as in subsection 42H(1) of the Act.
 
reconnection failure period has the same meaning as in subsection 42H(4) of the Act.
 
weekday means a day that is not a Saturday or Sunday.
 
6              Reconnection penalty amount

                A person’s penalty amount for a reconnection failure is the sum of the daily penalty rates for each weekday that falls in the reconnection failure period.

7              No show no pay penalty amount

                A person’s penalty amount for a no show no pay failure on a particular day is the daily penalty rate.
 
8               Non-attendance failure penalty amount

A person’s penalty amount for a non-attendance failure is the sum of the daily penalty rates for each weekday that falls in the non-attendance failure penalty period.
 
9              Calculating the daily penalty rate

                (1)    The daily penalty rate for a day in a particular instalment period is the lesser of the amount worked out in accordance with subsection (2) and the amount worked out in accordance with subsection (3).
First method

                (2)    The first method for working out the daily penalty rate is:
daily penalty rate = 1.4 × PAR / (Dayinst)
                where:
 
                PAR means the person’s penalty-affected rate for the instalment period in which the day occurs.
               
                Dayinst is the number of days in that instalment period.
Second method

                (3)    The second method for working out the daily penalty rate is:
daily penalty rate = PAR / (WDinst)
where:
PAR means the person’s penalty-affected rate for the instalment period in which the day occurs.
WDinst is the number of weekdays in that instalment period.
 
Penalty-affected rate
               
(4)    A person’s penalty-affected rate for an instalment period is the amount worked out in accordance with the following formula:
PPAinst – (PAinst + PSinst + RAinst + RAAinst + YDSinst)
where:
 
PPAinst is the amount of participation payment payable to the person (or in relation to a non-attendance failure, that would, apart from subsection 42SA(2) of the Act, be payable), for the instalment period in which the day occurs, and includes any supplement or allowance that is part of the rate of that payment for that period.
PAinst is the amount of pharmaceutical allowance payable to the person for the instalment period.
PSinst is the amount of pension supplement payable to the person for the instalment period.
RAinst is the amount of rent assistance payable to the person for the instalment period.
RAAinst is the amount of remote area allowance payable to the person for the instalment period.
 
YDSinst is the amount of youth disability supplement payable to the person for the instalment period.
Note 1   A person’s rate of participation payment amount may include an amount for supplements such as language, literacy and numeracy supplement and approved program of work supplement.
Note 2   A person may also receive allowances and supplements, such as mobility allowance, pensioner education supplement, telephone allowance, utilities allowance, and CDEP supplement, that are not part of the person’s rate of participation payment. These are not included in the calculation of the person’s penalty-affected rate.
Note 3   More than one calculation method and calculated daily amount may apply to a reconnection failure period that exceeds one instalment period in duration.