Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Social Services Measures No. 2) Regulations 2024
I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 20 June 2024
David Hurley
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Katy Gallagher
Minister for Finance
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997
This instrument is the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Social Services Measures No. 2) Regulations 2024.
(1) Each provision of this instrument 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.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. | 22 June 2024 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997
1 Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (cell at table item 344, column headed “Objective(s)”)
Omit “Code”, substitute “Code, including where those people are referred from a community service provider or from the Australian Federal Police”.
2 Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (paragraph (e) of the cell at table item 344, column headed “Objective(s)”)
Repeal the paragraph.
3 Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (cell at table item 375, column headed “Objective(s)”)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
To provide funding to support: (a) the establishment of a national orphanage museum; and (b) capital works at the national orphanage museum; and (c) the operational costs of the national orphanage museum; as a measure that is peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit for the nation. |
4 In the appropriate position in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table)
Insert:
661 | Improving parenting confidence and supporting and promoting shared care | To support all parents and other caregivers of children to have the confidence and skills they need to provide nurturing, safe and healthy environments, including by: (a) delivering evidence‑based parenting information to parents and caregivers to support improved outcomes for children in Australia; and (b) building parenting and caregiving skills and knowledge, and improving equitable access to information; and (c) supporting activities to build the confidence of all parents and caregivers to thrive in their parenting or caregiving role; and (d) providing targeted supports and resources to parents and caregivers to thrive in their parenting or caregiving role, including parents facing complex and multiple vulnerabilities; and (e) investing in programs designed to help young parents connect with existing support services to strengthen their parenting skills, achieve their educational goals and participate more fully in the workforce; and (f) supporting early intervention activities to prevent gendered violence and support positive parenting and caregiving. This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures: (a) with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution); or (b) to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 4, 6, 18 and 19. |
662 | Forced Marriage Specialist Support Program | To provide funding for prevention and early intervention programs and tailored supports to people who are reasonably suspected of being victims, and people who are reasonably considered to be at risk of becoming victims, of forced marriage (within the meaning of section 270.7A of the Criminal Code), including by: (a) the assignment of case workers to provide needs‑based emotional, moral and mental health support and education, and to engage with their family and community; and (b) the provision of counselling services and mediation support to those at risk of, or who have experienced, forced marriage, and their family or those involved in organising the forced marriage; and (c) the coordination of care arrangements with other services (such as temporary accommodation, child protection services and financial support) to assist those at risk of, or who have experienced, forced marriage; as a measure to give effect to Australia’s obligations under one or more of the following: (d) the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, particularly Articles 2, 3 and 16; (e) the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 4, 32, 34, 35 and 36; (f) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, particularly Articles 2, 7, 9 and 23; (g) the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, particularly Article 1. |