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the approval of the Employment Secretary," after "undertaking";

(b) by inserting in subsection (1) ", or a labour market program" after "training" (first occurring);

(c) by adding at the end:

   "(8) The Employment Minister may determine in writing guidelines to be followed in approving, for the purposes of subsection (1), a person's undertaking of a course of vocational training or a labour market program.".

Subdivision D-Appropriation

Appropriation

28. Section 1363 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (2) all the words from and including "Parliament" and substituting "Parliament to the Employment Department for the purposes of Labour Market Program Assistance to Jobseekers and Industry".

Division 11—Notice of decisions

Notice of decisions under this Act

29. Section 1302A of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1)(c) "address of the place of residence or business" and substituting "postal address".

Division 12—Unreasonable delay in entering into Job Search Activity Agreement or Newstart Activity Agreement

Job search activity agreements—failure to negotiate

30. Section 525C of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (l)(b) and substituting:

"(b) because the person did not:

(i) attend the negotiation of the agreement; or

(ii) respond to correspondence about the agreement; or

(iii) agree to terms of the agreement proposed by the CES;

    or for any other reason, the Secretary is satisfied that the person is unreasonably delaying entering into the agreement;".

Newstart activity agreements—failure to negotiate

31. Section 607 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (l)(b) and substituting:

"(b) because the person did not:

(i) attend the negotiation of the agreement; or

(ii) respond to correspondence about the agreement; or

(iii) agree to terms of the agreement proposed by the CES;

    or for any other reason, the Secretary is satisfied that the person is unreasonably delaying entering into the agreement;".

Division 13—Automatic rate reduction on failure to inform Department of payment for remunerative work

Subdivision A—Job search allowance

Repeal and substitution of section

32. Section 583AA of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

Automatic rate reduction—failure to inform Department of payment for remunerative work

"583AA. If:

(a) a person who is receiving job search allowance is given a notice under section 574; and

    (b) the notice requires the person to inform the Department of income for remunerative work undertaken by the person or the person's partner; and

    (c) the person fails to notify the Department, in accordance with the notice, of income of that kind in respect of a particular period; and

    (d) immediately before the beginning of that period, the person's earnings credit account balance is greater than nil; and

    (e) because of the income mentioned in paragraph (c):

     (i) the person's