{"id":"F2015L01229","name":"Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account (Legal Assistance Services) Specification 2015","slug":"social-and-community-services-pay-equity-special-account-legal-assistance-services-specification-201","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":143530,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L01229-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account (Legal Assistance Services) Specification 2015","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account (Legal Assistance Services) Specification 2015\n\nSocial and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account Act 2012\n\nI, SCOTT MORRISON, Minister for Social Services, make this specification under subsections 7(4) and 8(7) of the Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account Act 2012.\n\nDated: 5 August 2015\n\nScott Morrison\n\nMinister for Social Services\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n1 Name of Specification\n\nThis Specification is the Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account (Legal Assistance Services) Specification 2015.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Specification commences on the day immediately after the last day on which a resolution referred to in subsection 9(2) of the Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account Act 2012 could have been passed.\n\n3 Modification of Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account Act 2012\n\nSchedule 1 modifies the Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account Act 2012.\n\n  \n\nSchedule 1 Modifications\n\nItem 1 Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act\n\nOmit:\n\n“402.005 Payments for the provision of community legal services”\n\nItem 2 Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act after Item 1\n\nAdd:\n\n“2 Justice Services - Community Legal Services Programme as referred to in Item 87 of Schedule 1AB to the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997”\n\nItem 3 Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Act after Item 6\n\nAdd:\n\n  “7 National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance Services”","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2227},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a technical maintenance update that replaces outdated legislative references with current ones. It does not expand the categories of services eligible for funding beyond legal assistance services already covered by the original 2012 Act."},"complexity_factors":["Heavy reliance on cross-references to other legislation (Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account Act 2012 and Financial Framework Regulations)","Uses technical financial management terminology and program codes (e.g., '402.005', 'Schedule 1AB')","Assumes knowledge of the 2012 Equal Remuneration Order and pay equity special account framework","Short length (3 items) mitigates complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This update refreshes the list of legal assistance programs eligible for a 2012 fund that helps community-sector employers meet higher wages from a pay-equity decision. It replaces an obsolete program reference with current funding mechanisms so community legal centres and similar organisations can keep receiving wage subsidies. That ensures continued government support for paying legally required higher wages to staff serving disadvantaged Australians."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-and-community-services-pay-equity-special-account-legal-assistance-services-specification-201","history":"/api/acts/social-and-community-services-pay-equity-special-account-legal-assistance-services-specification-201/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-and-community-services-pay-equity-special-account-legal-assistance-services-specification-201/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-and-community-services-pay-equity-special-account-legal-assistance-services-specification-201/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-and-community-services-pay-equity-special-account-legal-assistance-services-specification-201/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-and-community-services-pay-equity-special-account-legal-assistance-services-specification-201/documents"}}