Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018

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Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018

Public Act		2018 No 57
Date of assent		20 December 2018
Commencement		see section 2

1	Title
2	Commencement
	Part 1 Preliminary provisions
3	Purpose of this Act
4	Overview of this Act
5	Interpretation
6	Statistician’s definitions
7	Transitional, savings, and related provisions
8	Act binds the Crown
	Part 2 Measures, targets, reports, indicators, and monitoring reports
	Primary measures
9	Purpose of primary measures
10	Low income: less than 50% of median equivalised DHI (without deducting housing costs) for financial year
11	Low income: less than 50% of median equivalised DHI (after deducting housing costs) for base financial year
12	Material hardship
13	Persistent poverty
	Supplementary measures
14	Purpose of supplementary measures
15	Low income: less than 60% of median equivalised DHI (without deducting housing costs) for financial year
16	Low income: less than 60% of median equivalised DHI (after deducting housing costs) for financial year
17	Low income: less than 50% of median equivalised DHI (after deducting housing costs) for financial year
18	Low income: less than 40% of median equivalised DHI (after deducting housing costs) for financial year
19	Severe material hardship
20	Low income and hardship: less than 60% of median equivalised DHI (after deducting housing costs) for financial year and material hardship
	Targets
21	Targets: duty to set
22	Targets: content
23	Targets: setting, changing, and publication
24	Targets: presentation to House of Representatives
25	Targets: application of Legislation Act 2012
26	Targets: duty to review
27	Targets: duty to explain non-compliance
28	Targets: effect
29	Targets: accountabilities to Parliament and Executive
	Reports
30	Reports: duty to prepare
31	Reports: content: general
32	Reports: content: analysis of identified populations
33	Reports: consultation and acting independently
34	Reports: Statistician decides how statistics to be produced
35	Reports: duty to follow statistical best practice
36	Reports: publication
37	Reports: presentation to House of Representatives
	Indicators
38	Child poverty related indicators: duty to identify
39	Identified indicators: identifying, changing, and publication
40	Identified indicators: presentation to House of Representatives
41	Identified indicators: application of Legislation Act 2012
42	Identified indicators: duty to review
43	Identified indicators: purpose and effect
	Monitoring reports
44	Monitoring reports: duty to prepare
45	Monitoring reports: content
46	Monitoring reports: publication
47	Monitoring reports: presentation to House of Representatives
	Amendments to Public Finance Act 1989
48	Amendments to Public Finance Act 1989
49	New section 15EA inserted (Main Appropriation Bill: supporting information relating to child poverty)
	15EA	Main Appropriation Bill: supporting information relating to child poverty
50	Consequential amendments
	Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions
	Schedule 2 Incorporation by reference
	Schedule 3 Consequential amendments to Public Finance Act 1989
	Legislative history
	Administrative information

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