{"id":"F2007B01149","name":"Social Security (Declaration of Visa in a class of Visas—Qualification for Special Benefit) Determination 2000 (No. 2)","slug":"f2007b01149","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":335259,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B01149-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Declaration of Visa in a class of Visas—Qualification for Special Benefit) Determination 2000 (No. 2)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Declaration of Visa in a class of Visas—Qualification for Special Benefit) Determination 2000 (No. 2)\n\nI, JOCELYN MARGARET NEWMAN, Minister for Family and Community Services, make the following determination under subparagraph 729(2)(f)(v) of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nDated 29th September 2000.\n\nJocelyn Newman\n\nMinister for Family and Community Services\n\nCitation\n\n1. This determination may be cited as the Social Security (Declaration of Visa in a class of Visas—Qualification for Special Benefit) Determination 2000 (No. 2).\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This determination commences on the day it is signed.\n\nRepeal\n\n3.(1) The Social Security (Declaration of Visa in a class of Visas—Qualification for Special Benefit) Determination 2000 of 19 July 2000 is repealed.\n\n3.(2) The Social Security (Declaration of Visa in a class of Visas—Qualification for Special Benefit) Determination No. 1 of 1999 of 21 October 1999 is repealed.\n\nAmendment\n\n4. The Social Security (Newly Arrived Resident’s Waiting Periods) Determination 1997 of 19 March 1997 is amended by omitting paragraph (c) of section 2 of that determination.\n\n  \n\nClass of visas\n\n5. For the purposes of subparagraph 729(2)(f)(v) of the Social Security Act 1991 the class of visas are:\n\n(i) subclass 309—Spouse (Provisional);\n\n(ii) subclass 310—Interdependency (Provisional);\n\n(iii) subclass 785 (Temporary Protection);\n\n(iv) subclass 786 (Class UO) Temporary (Humanitarian Concern);\n\n(v) subclass 820—Extended eligibility (spouse); and\n\n(vi) subclass 826—Interdependency (Provisional).","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1712},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination performs exactly as described in its title: it declares visa classes for Special Benefit qualification. The repeal of earlier instruments and the consequential amendment to waiting periods are standard housekeeping measures consistent with updating visa eligibility lists."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive provision listing only 6 visa subclasses","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, nested exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic citation","Straightforward repeal of two preceding instruments and one consequential amendment"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination names which temporary and provisional visa holders can access Special Benefit — a government hardship payment — by listing specific visa subclasses (including provisional partner, temporary protection and temporary humanitarian visas). It clarifies who on temporary visas can use Australia’s safety net.\n\nIt also repeals two older determinations to tidy the law and removes a visa class from the Newly Arrived Resident's Waiting Periods rule to avoid overlap."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2007b01149","history":"/api/acts/f2007b01149/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2007b01149/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2007b01149/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2007b01149/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2007b01149/documents"}}