{"id":"F2022L00375","name":"Social Security (Administration) (Declared voluntary income management areas – Western Australia) Determination 2022","slug":"f2022l00375","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441289,"registerId":"F2022L00375-fast-fetch-1775956630320","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Administration) (Declared voluntary income management areas – Western Australia) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\nmeta-keywords: \"[SEC=OFFICIAL:Sensitive]\"\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Declared voluntary income management areas – Western Australia) Determination 2022\n\nI, ANNE RUSTON, Minister for Families and Social Services, make the following Determination.\n\nDated 18 March 2022   \n\nAnne Ruston\n\nMinister for Families and Social Services\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definition\n\n5 Schedules\n\n6 Declared voluntary income management areas\n\nSchedule 1—Declared voluntary income management areas 2\n\nPart 1                Cannington and surrounding areas 2\n\nPart 2                Joondalup and surrounding areas  2\n\nPart 3                Midland and surrounding areas  3\n\nPart 4                Mirrabooka and surrounding areas 3\n\nPart 5                Armadale and surrounding areas 4\n\nPart 6                Fremantle and surrounding areas 4\n\nPart 7                Rockingham and surrounding areas 4\n\nPart 8                Perth and surrounding areas 5\n\nPart 9                Kimberley and surrounding areas 6\n\nPart 10              Peel and surrounding areas  6\n\nSchedule 2—Repeals 6\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Declared voluntary income management areas – Western Australia) Determination 2011\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Social Security (Administration) (Declared voluntary income management areas – Western Australia) Determination 2022.\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\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 paragraph 123TGA(c) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.\n\n4  Definition\n\n  In this Determination:\n\nAct 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 voluntary income management areas\n\n (1) Each area specified in Schedule 1 is a declared voluntary income management area for the purposes of Part 3B of the Act.\n\n (2) For Schedule 1, an area corresponds with a postcode that has been allocated by Australia Post in respect of Western Australia.\n\nSchedule 1— Declared voluntary income management   areas\n\nPart 1   Cannington and surrounding areas\n\n \n\n6055\n\n6100\n\n6101\n\n6102\n\n6103\n\n6104\n\n6105\n\n6106\n\n6107\n\n6147\n\n6148\n\n6149\n\n6151\n\n6152\n\n6155\n\nPart 2  Joondalup and surrounding areas\n\n \n\n6023\n\n6024\n\n6025\n\n6026\n\n6027\n\n6028\n\n6030\n\n6031\n\n6032\n\n6033\n\n6034\n\n6035\n\n6036\n\n6037\n\n6038\n\n6065\n\nPart 3  Midland and surrounding areas\n\n \n\n6053\n\n6054\n\n6056\n\n6057\n\n6058\n\n6063\n\n6065\n\n6067\n\n6068\n\n6069\n\n6070\n\n6071\n\n6072\n\n6073\n\n6074\n\n6076\n\n6081\n\n6082\n\n6083\n\n6084\n\n6111\n\n6501\n\n6502\n\n6504\n\n6505\n\n6556\n\n6558\n\n \n\nPart 4  Mirrabooka and surrounding areas\n\n \n\n6061\n\n6064\n\n6065\n\n6066\n\n6090\n\n\nPart 5  Armadale and surrounding areas\n\n \n\n6107\n\n6108\n\n6109\n\n6110\n\n6111\n\n6112\n\n6121\n\n6122\n\n6123\n\n6124\n\n6125\n\n6126\n\n \n\nPart 6  Fremantle and surrounding areas\n\n \n\n6011\n\n6012\n\n6150\n\n6153\n\n6154\n\n6156\n\n6157\n\n6158\n\n6159\n\n6160\n\n6161\n\n6162\n\n6163\n\n6164\n\n6166\n\n \n\nPart 7  Rockingham and surrounding areas\n\n \n\n6165\n\n6166\n\n6167\n\n6168\n\n6169\n\n6170\n\n6171\n\n6172\n\n6173\n\n6174\n\n6175\n\n6176\n\n \n\nPart 8  Perth and surrounding areas\n\n \n\n6000\n\n6003\n\n6004\n\n6005\n\n6006\n\n6007\n\n6008\n\n6009\n\n6010\n\n6014\n\n6015\n\n6016\n\n6017\n\n6018\n\n6019\n\n6020\n\n6021\n\n6022\n\n6029\n\n6050\n\n6051\n\n6052\n\n6059\n\n6060\n\n6062\n\n \n\n\n\n\nPart 9  Kimberley and surrounding areas\n\n \n\n6725\n\n6726\n\n6728\n\n6740\n\n6743\n\n6765\n\n6770\n\n \n\nPart 10  Peel and surrounding areas\n\n \n\n6180\n\n6181\n\n6207\n\n6208\n\n6209\n\n6210\n\n6211\n\n6213\n\n6214\n\n6215\n\n6390\n\n6391\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nSchedule 2— Repeals\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Declared voluntary income management areas – Western Australia) Determination 2011\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument repeals the 2011 Determination (Schedule 2) and substitutes a new list of declared voluntary income management areas defined by Australia Post postcodes (s6(1), s6(2), Schedule 1). The practical scope therefore changes by replacing the earlier geographic list; whether the net area is larger or smaller requires direct comparison with the 2011 schedule."},"complexity_factors":["Legal cross‑reference to the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, relying on the Minister’s power under paragraph 123TGA(c) (see s3).","Geographic definition by Australia Post postcodes rather than municipal boundaries (s6(2) and Schedule 1), requiring administrative mapping of recipients to postcodes.","Long list of discrete postcodes across multiple urban and regional areas (Schedule 1) increases operational steps for agencies to identify affected individuals.","Repeal of the prior 2011 Determination (Schedule 2) means scope is set by replacing the previous list rather than by incremental amendment.","Commencement mechanics — instrument takes effect the day after registration — creates an immediate operational timetable for service delivery (s2).","Implementation complexity is mainly administrative (identifying recipients by postcode, updating systems, communicating changes), not novel legal doctrine."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination replaces the 2011 instrument and officially declares a set of Western Australian postcodes as “voluntary income management areas” under Part 3B of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999. It takes effect the day after registration and uses Australia Post postcodes to set boundaries. It affects social security recipients in those postcodes by enabling income‑management arrangements to be applied in those areas and requires agencies to identify and manage eligible recipients by postcode."},"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":"This Determination serves the same core purpose as its 2011 predecessor — declaring specific geographic areas where voluntary income management is available. The scope remains tightly focused on geographic designation by postcode. The 2022 version updates the specific postcodes listed but does not expand the instrument's purpose beyond its original function of area declaration."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (approximately 3 pages of substantive content)","Only 1 defined term ('Act') in section 4","Simple structure: name, commencement, authority, definition, schedules, and a single operative provision (section 6)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic — just a straightforward list of postcodes grouped by geographic area","Single cross-reference to the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (the empowering provision)","Mechanical repeal of a single previous instrument in Schedule 2"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination designates specific postcode areas across Western Australia where people receiving social security payments can choose to participate in voluntary income management, which quarantines part of payments for essentials like food, rent and clothing. It updates and replaces the 2011 Determination, affecting eligible recipients in the listed WA postcodes by making the budgeting tool available locally—participation is voluntary, not compulsory."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2022l00375","history":"/api/acts/f2022l00375/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2022l00375/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2022l00375/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2022l00375/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2022l00375/documents"}}