{"id":"F2020L00572","name":"Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Deferral of Sunsetting—Income Management and Cashless Welfare Arrangements) Determination 2020","slug":"coronavirus-economic-response-package-deferral-of-sunsetting-income-management-and-cashless-welfare-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440483,"registerId":"F2020L00572-fast-fetch-1775956084918","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Deferral of Sunsetting—Income Management and Cashless Welfare Arrangements) Determination 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nCoronavirus Economic Response Package (Deferral of Sunsetting—Income Management and Cashless Welfare Arrangements) Determination 2020\n\nI, Anne Ruston, Minister for Families and Social Services, make the following determination.\n\nDated 17 April 2020\n\nAnne Ruston\n\nMinister for Families and Social Services\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Deferral of sunsetting—income management and cashless welfare arrangements\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Deferral of Sunsetting—Income Management and Cashless Welfare Arrangements) Determination 2020.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (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.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 14 May 2020\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.\n\n (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.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subitem 1(2) of Schedule 16 to the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Act 2020.\n\n4  Deferral of sunsetting—income management and cashless welfare arrangements\n\nIncome management\n\n (1) For the purposes of subitem 1(2) of Schedule 16 to the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Act 2020, section 123UF of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999:\n\n (a) continues to operate until 31 December 2020; and\n\n (b) ceases to operate on 31 December 2020.\n\nCashless welfare arrangements\n\n (2) For the purposes of subitem 1(2) of Schedule 16 to the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Act 2020, Part 3D of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999:\n\n (a) continues to operate until 31 December 2020; and\n\n (b) ceases to operate on 31 December 2020.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Determination performs exactly the narrow, temporary function its title suggests: deferring the expiry of two specific welfare programs. It does not expand the programs' scope, add new participants, or alter substantive eligibility rules. It is a straightforward time-extension instrument with no mission creep."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 4 operative sections","No defined terms section—relies entirely on external references to the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999","Simple conditional logic: just defers two sunset dates to a fixed endpoint (31 December 2020)","Single cross-reference to parent legislation (Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Act 2020)","No exceptions, nested conditions, or discretionary powers"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination extends two welfare measures—Income Management and Cashless Welfare Arrangements (the Cashless Debit Card)—that quarantine parts of recipients’ payments for essentials, keeping them in place until 31 December 2020. \n\nIt affects people already subject to these measures in trial areas and the agencies/providers who run them, preserving the programs through the pandemic so they don’t automatically lapse mid‑2020."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument changes the temporal scope of operation: it defers the sunsetting of s.123UF and Part 3D of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 so those provisions continue to operate until 31 December 2020 (Instrument, s.4). It does not amend the substantive content of those provisions; it only extends the period during which they apply."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow temporal change (deferral of sunsetting) rather than substantive reform","Cross-references to other Acts and specific provisions (subitem 1(2) of Schedule 16; s.123UF; Part 3D)","Legal technicality limited to commencement and cessation timings","Administrative impact on existing case management and compliance processes","Low discretion in this instrument itself (it fixes dates) but relies on rules in the referenced Social Security Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument defers the scheduled sunsetting of two welfare payment-management provisions: section 123UF (income management) and Part 3D (cashless welfare) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, keeping them in force until 31 December 2020 (Instrument, s.4). \n\nIt affects people subject to those provisions and the administrative authority under the Social Security Act by extending the period during which payment restrictions and payment-channeling or reporting rules apply; the substantive rules remain unchanged but compliance and administrative duties are prolonged."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/coronavirus-economic-response-package-deferral-of-sunsetting-income-management-and-cashless-welfare-","history":"/api/acts/coronavirus-economic-response-package-deferral-of-sunsetting-income-management-and-cashless-welfare-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/coronavirus-economic-response-package-deferral-of-sunsetting-income-management-and-cashless-welfare-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/coronavirus-economic-response-package-deferral-of-sunsetting-income-management-and-cashless-welfare-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/coronavirus-economic-response-package-deferral-of-sunsetting-income-management-and-cashless-welfare-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/coronavirus-economic-response-package-deferral-of-sunsetting-income-management-and-cashless-welfare-/documents"}}