{"id":"F2019L00068","name":"Social Security (Administration) (Declared child protection State or Territory – Western Australia) Determination 2019","slug":"f2019l00068","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439912,"registerId":"F2019L00068-fast-fetch-1775955751917","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Administration) (Declared child protection State or Territory – Western Australia) Determination 2019","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![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Declared\n\nchild protection State or Territory — Western Australia) Determination 2019\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nI, Paul Fletcher, Minister for Families and Social Services make the following instrument.\n\nDated 19 January 2019\n\nPaul Fletcher\n\nMinister for Families and Social Services\n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Declared child protection State or Territory\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Declared child protection State or Territory - Western Australia) Determination 2008 2\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Social Security (Administration) (Declared child protection State or Territory – Western Australia) Determination 2019.\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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\n \n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 section 123TF of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\n  Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.\n\n5  Schedules\n\n  Each 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\n6  Declared child protection State or Territory\n\n  For section 123TF of the Act, Western Australia is a declared child protection State or Territory.\n\n \n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Declared child protection State or Territory – Western Australia) Determination 2008\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument\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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow purpose – declaring Western Australia as a child protection jurisdiction for information-sharing purposes. It is a direct replacement of the 2008 determination with no expansion of scope."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short – only 6 substantive sections plus a repeal schedule","Only 2 defined terms ('Act' and implicit references to the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single operative provision (section 6) with straightforward declaration","No cross-references beyond the enabling section (s 123TF) and the repealed instrument","Routine administrative instrument with standard legislative template structure"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument formally declares Western Australia a \"declared child protection State or Territory\" under the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, enabling Centrelink to share specified social security information with WA child protection authorities. It affects WA social security recipients and Services Australia and renews/replaces a prior 2008 determination, maintaining an existing information‑sharing arrangement."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument replaces the 2008 Determination (Schedule 1) and restates that Western Australia is a declared child protection State or Territory for the purposes of s123TF (s6). It appears to preserve the prior substantive scope (which State is declared) while updating the instrument form and repealing the earlier instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose instrument: only declares WA as the relevant State and repeals the 2008 determination (see s6; Schedule 1).","Dependence on external statute: legal effect requires reading section 123TF of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (authority stated in s3 and referenced in s6).","Formal commencement rule: entire instrument commences the day after registration (see s2(1)), a procedural timing point that affects when the declaration becomes operative.","Low substantive discretion in this instrument: Minister makes the instrument under s123TF (s3) but the instrument itself contains no regulatory standards or conditions.","Simple definitions and machinery only: contains a definition linking to the Act (s4) and a schedule effect clause (s5), so interpretive work is limited but requires cross-referencing."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument formally declares Western Australia to be a “declared child protection State or Territory” under section 123TF of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, and repeals the 2008 determination covering the same matter. It takes effect the day after registration. The declaration identifies which State is captured by the statutory category in s123TF, so the Act’s administrative rules that refer to that category will apply to Western Australia."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2019l00068","history":"/api/acts/f2019l00068/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2019l00068/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2019l00068/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2019l00068/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2019l00068/documents"}}