{"id":"F2025L00676","name":"Defence (Individual Benefits Determination No. 6) Amendment Determination (No. 1) 2025","slug":"defence-individual-benefits-determination-no-6-amendment-determination-no-1-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442846,"registerId":"F2025L00676-fast-fetch-1775957782826","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence (Individual Benefits Determination No. 6) Amendment Determination (No. 1) 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n\n ![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nDefence (Individual Benefits Determination No. 6) Amendment Determination (No. 1) 2025\n\nI, Jake Gumley, Acting First Assistant Secretary, People Policy and Development, make the following Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.\n\nDated 12 June 2025\n\nJake Gumley\n\nActing First Assistant Secretary  People Policy and Development  Defence People Group\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Schedules\n\nSchedule 1—Individual benefits amendments\n\nDefence (Individual benefits) Determination (No. 6) 2025\n\nSchedule 2—Transitional provisions\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\nThis instrument is the Defence (Individual Benefits Determination No. 6) Amendment Determination (No. 1) 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n1. 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- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this Instrument. The day after the instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote:  This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 \n\n2. 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\nThis instrument is made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.\n\n4  Schedules\n\nEach instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\nSchedule 1—Individual benefits amendments\n\nDefence (Individual benefits) Determination (No. 6) 2025\n\n| 1 | Section 7 |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | Omit “undertaking higher duties in the position with position number 00717608”, substitute “performing the duties usually undertaken by a person occupying the position with position number 00621386”. |\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 2—Transitional provisions\n\n###### 1  Definitions\n\n|  | Individual Benefits Determination means Defence (Individual benefits) Determination (No. 6) 2025, as in force from time to time. |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n###### 2  Benefits under Individual Benefits Determination\n\n| 1. | This Schedule applies to the member who holds employee identification number 8083345. |\n| --- | --- |\n| 2. | The member is eligible for benefits under the Individual Benefits Determination as though the changes made by Schedule 1 of this Determination had applied from the day the Determination commenced. |\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment remains tightly scoped to its original purpose — adjusting individual benefits for specific Defence positions/members. It has not expanded beyond the narrow, person-specific nature of the parent Determination."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 2 substantive provisions in Schedule 1, plus transitional provisions)","Only 1 defined term ('Individual Benefits Determination')","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond simple 'as if' backdating","Single cross-reference to the parent Determination (Defence (Individual benefits) Determination (No. 6) 2025)","Applies to exactly one identified individual (employee ID 8083345) and one position number","Straightforward substitution of text with no cascading amendments"],"plain_english_summary":"This amendment swaps the specific Defence position named in Defence (Individual Benefits Determination No. 6) 2025 so that the entitlement attaches to whoever performs the duties of position 00621386 instead of position 00717608. It applies to one ADF member (employee ID 8083345), allows them to claim benefits as if the change had always applied, and affects payroll/administration processing."},"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The Determination’s operational scope is altered by substituting the reference to position 00717608 with duties of position 00621386, which changes which role’s duties trigger entitlement (Schedule 1, item 1). The change is applied retrospectively for the specific member identified by employee ID 8083345, treating that member as eligible from the Determination’s commencement (Schedule 2, items 1–2)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow textual amendment: single substitute phrase in Section 7 (Schedule 1, item 1).","Retrospective effect limited to one identified employee (Schedule 2, items 1–2).","Use of specific position numbers and an employee ID requires precise administrative identification.","Instrument is a delegated determination made under s58B of the Defence Act (Authority), not primary legislation.","Low number of cross-references and no new policy rules reduce legal interpretive complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument changes who qualifies for a particular Defence individual benefit by replacing a reference to position number 00717608 with duties of position 00621386, and it was made under section 58B of the Defence Act (Schedule 1, item 1; Authority). It affects Defence members and Defence’s payment of those benefits. A transitional clause treats the member with employee ID 8083345 as if the change applied from commencement, making that person retrospectively eligible (Schedule 2, items 1–2)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-individual-benefits-determination-no-6-amendment-determination-no-1-2025","history":"/api/acts/defence-individual-benefits-determination-no-6-amendment-determination-no-1-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-individual-benefits-determination-no-6-amendment-determination-no-1-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-individual-benefits-determination-no-6-amendment-determination-no-1-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-individual-benefits-determination-no-6-amendment-determination-no-1-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-individual-benefits-determination-no-6-amendment-determination-no-1-2025/documents"}}