{"id":"F2020L00760","name":"Defence (Individual payments) Determination 2020","slug":"defence-individual-payments-determination-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440518,"registerId":"F2020L00760-fast-fetch-1775956118831","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence (Individual payments) Determination 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n\n\n \n\nDefence (Individual payments) Determination 2020\n\nI, GENERAL ANGUS JOHN CAMPELL, AO, DSC, Chief of the Defence Force, make the following Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.\n\nDated 17 June 2020\n\nA J CAMPBELL\n\nAngus J Campbell General Chief of the Defence Force\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Payment amount\n\n \n\n \n\n1 Name\n\nThis instrument is the Defence (Individual payments) Determination 2020.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences on the day after registration.\n\n3 Authority\n\nThis instrument is made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.\n\n4 Payment amount\n\nA member or former member who holds an employee number listed in an item in column A of the following table is to be paid a one-off payment of the amount in column B of the same item.\n\n| Item | Column A
Employee number | Column B
Payment amount |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. | 8214078 | $118,249.45 |\n| 2. | 8226428 | $71,313.84 |\n| 3. | 8271262 | $17,343.32 |\n| 4. | 8240283 | $44,664.39 |\n| 5. | 8257825 | $23,894.90 |\n| 6. | 8491624 | $23,881.12 |\n| 7. | 8217783 | $52,100.02 |\n| 8. | 8235679 | $28,171.61 |\n| 9. | 8242197 | $14,412.54 |\n| 10. | 8224905 | $19,801.63 |\n| 11. | 8240955 | $9,243.59 |\n| 12. | 8265348 | $7,040.04 |\n| 13. | 8220145 | $1,280.15 |\n| 14. | 8226934 | $46,187.73 |\n| 15. | 8224670 | $9,778.92 |\n| 16. | 8485038 | $2,149.82 |\n| 17. | 8263067 | $6,572.13 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument serves its original narrow purpose exactly: authorising specific individual payments under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903. There is no evidence of scope creep—it is precisely a vehicle for making determinations about individual payments, and it does exactly that without additional provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 4 operative sections","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation (except the enabling provision in section 58B of the Defence Act 1903)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Simple tabular format for payment amounts—essentially a lookup table","Straightforward command structure: 'X is to be paid Y'"],"plain_english_summary":"This order directs one-off payments to 17 specific Australian Defence Force members or former members, identified only by employee numbers, with amounts ranging roughly from $1,280 to $118,249. \n\nIt functions as targeted compensation or back-pay for particular cases (likely legal settlements, administrative corrections, or recognition), protecting privacy by using employee numbers and not creating any general payment scheme."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument itself confines scope to the listed employee numbers and fixed payment amounts; it exercises the authority granted by section 58B. The text contains no indication that it expands or narrows the statutory class beyond making these individual payments, nor does it reference amendment of prior instruments."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, itemised scope — recipients are specified only by employee number (single table of 17 items).","Legal authority is a single statutory hook (made under s58B of the Defence Act 1903).","Commencement is immediate (day after registration), imposing prompt administrative action.","No procedural or tax/timing details included — implementation, verification and payment mechanics rest with Defence.","Varying amounts require individual validation and record-matching against employee records.","Publication of employee numbers raises administrative privacy and confidentiality handling requirements."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination, made by the Chief of the Defence Force under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903, directs one-off cash payments of specified amounts to 17 identified employee numbers and takes effect the day after registration. It obliges the Defence Department to pay the listed current or former members and creates a concrete, itemised payment liability that Defence must verify and administer."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-individual-payments-determination-2020","history":"/api/acts/defence-individual-payments-determination-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-individual-payments-determination-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-individual-payments-determination-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-individual-payments-determination-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-individual-payments-determination-2020/documents"}}