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2Commencement#
(1)Each provision of this Act 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. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 18 September 2026 |
| 2. Schedule 1 | The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 19 September 2026 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2)Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3Schedules#
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1 · Amendments
National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013#
1 After subsection 11(2)
Insert:
(2A)A settlement payment under the Settlement Distribution Scheme approved in Prygodicz v Commonwealth of Australia (Robodebt settlement) [2026] FCA 1029 does not constitute compensation for the purposes of this Act.
Social Security Act 1991#
2 After paragraph 8(8)(jd)
Insert:
(je)a settlement payment under the Settlement Distribution Scheme approved in Prygodicz v Commonwealth of Australia (Robodebt settlement) [2026] FCA 1029;
3 Subsection 17(2)
Omit “subsection (2B)”, substitute “subsections (2B) and (2D)”.
4 After subsection 17(2C)
Insert:
(2D)A settlement payment under the Settlement Distribution Scheme approved in Prygodicz v Commonwealth of Australia (Robodebt settlement) [2026] FCA 1029 does not constitute compensation for the purposes of this Act.
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986#
5 After paragraph 5H(8)(mc)
Insert:
(md)a settlement payment under the Settlement Distribution Scheme approved in Prygodicz v Commonwealth of Australia (Robodebt settlement) [2026] FCA 1029;
6 Subsection 5NB(2)
Omit “or (6A)”, substitute “, (6A) or (6C)”.
7 After subsection 5NB(6B)
Insert:
(6C)A settlement payment under the Settlement Distribution Scheme approved in Prygodicz v Commonwealth of Australia (Robodebt settlement) [2026] FCA 1029 does not constitute compensation for the purposes of this Act.
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 10 September 2026
Senate on 16 September 2026]
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