{"id":"F2012L02581","name":"Social Security (Administration) - Queensland Commission (Family Responsibilities Commission) Specification 2012","slug":"f2012l02581","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":351548,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L02581-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Administration) - Queensland Commission (Family Responsibilities Commission) Specification 2012","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Administration) - Queensland Commission (Family Responsibilities Commission) Specification 2012\n\nI, JENNY MACKLIN, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform, acting under paragraph (b) of the definition of Queensland Commission in section 123TC of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (the Act) and on behalf of the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research specify the Family Responsibilities Commission established under section 9 of the Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008 (Qld) for the purposes of paragraph (b) of that definition.\n\nThis Specification commences on 1 January 2013.\n\nThis Specification ceases before 1 January 2014.\n\nDated 14 December 2012\n\nJenny Macklin\n\nMinister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and  \nMinister for Disability Reform","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1620},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintained its narrow, original purpose of specifying the Family Responsibilities Commission as a Queensland Commission for income management referrals and did not expand to include other bodies or additional functions during its operation."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative sentence","No definitions section","Only two external legislative references (Commonwealth and Queensland Acts)","Automatic cessation date with no conditions or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This short technical instrument allowed a Queensland family support body to trigger income management for Centrelink recipients.\n\n**What it does**\nThis Specification recognised the **Family Responsibilities Commission** (FRC) — a Queensland government body that works with families in Cape York — as a 'Queensland Commission' under Commonwealth social security law.\n\n**Why it matters**\nBeing named a 'Queensland Commission' gave the FRC a specific power: it could **refer people to income management** (welfare quarantining). This meant the FRC could require that a portion of a person's Centrelink payments be restricted to essentials like food and rent, rather than paid as cash.\n\n**Time limit**\nThis was temporary — it operated only from 1 January 2013 until 1 January 2014."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change or expand the scope of any legislation. It is a pure administrative specification — it slots one named body (the Family Responsibilities Commission) into a pre-existing definition in the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999. The scope of the underlying income management scheme remains entirely unchanged. The instrument does exactly what the parent Act contemplated and authorised — no more, no less."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision — the entire instrument does one thing: names one body","Derives its legal authority from a cross-reference to a definition in a separate Act (section 123TC of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999), requiring readers to consult external legislation to understand the full context","Signed on behalf of multiple Ministers, adding a minor procedural layer","Time-limited operation (one year) creates a renewal dependency but no additional substantive complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument is a one‑year ministerial declaration that names Queensland’s Family Responsibilities Commission (FRC) as a recognised \"Queensland Commission\" under the federal Social Security (Administration) Act 1999. That recognition lets the FRC refer or recommend welfare recipients for income management, affecting people in the Cape York communities it serves (primarily Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients), the FRC itself, and federal agencies that administer quarantined payments. It ran from 1 Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2013."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2012l02581","history":"/api/acts/f2012l02581/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2012l02581/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2012l02581/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2012l02581/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2012l02581/documents"}}