Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Employment Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, make, vary or administer an arrangement for the making of payments by the Commonwealth, or make, vary or administer a grant of financial assistance, in relation to:
(a) assisting unemployed persons to obtain and maintain paid work; or
(b) assisting other persons to obtain and maintain paid work; or
(c) assisting persons at risk of losing paid work to maintain that paid work or to obtain and maintain other paid work; or
(d) assisting unemployed persons to become self - employed; or
(e) assisting other persons to become self - employed; or
(f) assisting recipients of participation payments (within the meaning of the Administration Act) to meet their mutual obligation requirements; or
(g) the funding of measures designed to reduce discrimination in employment practices and to encourage workforce participation, including in relation to mature aged, young and Indigenous persons, persons with a disability and parents seeking to re - join the workforce; or
(h) the provision of online employment services; or
(i) the funding of projects to create pathways to paid work and to address labour shortages; or
(j) the funding of the activities of employment services providers; or
(k) the provision of wage subsidies or other incentives to employers to employ unemployed persons; or
(l) an activity determined in an instrument under subsection (2); or
(m) a matter that is incidental or ancillary to a matter mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) or (l).
(1A) However, the making, varying or administering of an arrangement or grant under subsection (1) must be for the purposes of a program that is specified in an instrument under subsection (1B).
(1B) The Employment Secretary may, by notifiable instrument, specify programs for the purposes of subsection (1A).
(2) The Employment Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine an activity for the purposes of paragraph (1)(l).
Reimbursement of costs or expenses
(3) An arrangement under subsection (1) may provide for the Commonwealth to reimburse, or partly reimburse, costs or expenses.
(4) A grant under subsection (1) may be made by way of the reimbursement, or partial reimbursement, of costs or expenses.
(5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not limit subsection (1).
Payment not a social security payment
(5A) A payment under an arrangement or grant referred to in subsection (1) is not a social security payment.
Relationship with Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997
(5B) To avoid doubt, the power of the Commonwealth to make, vary or administer an arrangement or grant under this section must be disregarded for the purpose of paragraph 32B(1)(a) of the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997 .
Note: The effect of this subsection is to make clear that this section does not effectively limit the operation of section 32B of the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997 . The Commonwealth has the power to make, vary or administer an arrangement or grant under that section whether the Commonwealth also has the power to do so under this section.
"arrangement" includes a contract, agreement, deed or understanding.
"Indigenous person" has the same meaning as in the Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000 .
"make" , in relation to an arrangement, includes enter into.