{"id":"F2015L00528","name":"Migration Regulations 1994 - Determination – Meaning of Social Security Benefits 2015","slug":"migration-regulations-1994-determination-meaning-of-social-security-benefits-2015","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":93194,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L00528-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"DETERMINATION — MEANING OF SOCIAL SECURI","sectionType":"part","heading":"DETERMINATION — MEANING OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS 2015","content":"# DETERMINATION – MEANING OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS 2015","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"(Subregulation 2.06AAB(3))","sectionType":"part","heading":"(Subregulation 2.06AAB(3))","content":"# (Subregulation 2.06AAB(3))\n\nI, PETER DUTTON, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under subregulation 2.06AAB(3) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations):\n\n1.  DETERMINE for the purposes of subparagraph 2.06AAB(2)(a)(i) of the Regulations, that an applicant receives social security benefits if:\n\n(a) at any time the applicant is engaged in employment for the purposes of subparagraph 2.06AAB(2)(a)(i) of the Regulations, the applicant also receives the following payments:\n\n(i) Special Benefit.\n\n(b) for the purposes of this Instrument:\n\n(i) Special Benefit is a payment made under Part 2.15 of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nThis Instrument, IMMI 15/072 commences on 18 April 2015.\n\nDated 8 April 2015\n\nPeter Dutton\n\nMinister for Immigration and Border Protection","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2510},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the narrow definitional function described in its title: clarifying that receipt of Special Benefit during employment constitutes receiving social security benefits for the purposes of the specified health criterion. It has not expanded beyond this technical clarification."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with simple conditional logic (employment + benefit receipt)","One external cross-reference to Part 2.15 of the Social Security Act 1991","Requires understanding of the broader migration health criteria framework (subregulation 2.06AAB) to fully contextualise"],"plain_english_summary":"This rule clarifies that for Australia’s migration health checks, a visa applicant who is employed but also receiving Special Benefit under the Social Security Act 1991 is treated as receiving social security benefits. It affects working visa applicants getting Special Benefit and matters because being classed as a welfare recipient can count against you in the health/public interest test assessing potential cost to the community."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-determination-meaning-of-social-security-benefits-2015","history":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-determination-meaning-of-social-security-benefits-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-determination-meaning-of-social-security-benefits-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-determination-meaning-of-social-security-benefits-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-determination-meaning-of-social-security-benefits-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/migration-regulations-1994-determination-meaning-of-social-security-benefits-2015/documents"}}