{"id":"F2007L04703","name":"Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas – Various (No. 3)) Determination 2007","slug":"social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-3-determination","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":71151,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L04703-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas – Various (No. 3)) Determination 2007","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Declared\n\nrelevant Northern Territory areas — Various (No. 3)) Determination 2007\n\nSocial Security (Administration) Act 1999\n\nI, JENNY MACKLIN, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, acting under subsection 123TE (1) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (the Act), and on behalf of the Minister for Education and the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, determine that each of those places listed in the Schedule is a declared relevant Northern Territory area for the purposes of Part 3B of the Act.\n\nThis Determination commences on 11 December 2007.\n\nThis Determination expires on 7 December 2008.\n\nDated 10 December 2007\n\nJ Macklin\n\nMinister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs\n\n  \nSchedule - declared relevant Northern Territory areas (No 3)\n\nKALTUKATJARA\n\nEAGLE VALLEY\n\nKULANG\n\nKUNAPULA\n\nKURKUTJARA\n\nMANTARUR\n\nMULGA GREEN\n\nOONDALOO\n\nPUTA PUTA\n\nTJAUWATA\n\nTJUNTINANTA\n\nWALU\n\nWANGKARI\n\nAMPUTJUTA\n\nIRKINI\n\nMANTAPAYIKA\n\nPETALU\n\nPILAKATAL\n\nPIRRULPAKALARINTJA\n\nPUNRITJANTA\n\nTJUNTI\n\nUKATJUPU\n\nURILPILA\n\nWALYTJATJATA\n\nWATARU\n\nKINTORE\n\nININTI\n\nIRRIMATITJA also known as Tinki\n\nMANTARDI\n\nMUYIN\n\nNGUMAN\n\nNGUTJUL\n\nPINPIRNGA\n\nYUWAKLI\n\nMOUNT LIEBIG\n\nAMUNDURNGUA\n\nILPILI\n\nINYILINGI\n\nLIZARD BORE\n\nNEW BORE\n\nTJINTIRTJINTIRPA\n\nWARREN CREEK\n\nPAPUNYA\n\nALKIPI\n\nBLACKWATER\n\nGREEN VALLEY\n\nKARRINYARRA\n\nMBUNGHARA\n\nULAMBARA\n\nWARUMPI\n\n5 MILE BORE","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2098},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination exercised the specific geographic declaration power in section 123TE(1) of the Act exactly as intended when Part 3B was inserted. It simply listed the areas to be covered by the income management regime without expanding the legal framework beyond the original purpose of the enabling provision."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with no conditional logic","No defined terms within the instrument","Straightforward schedule listing 54 geographic locations only","Fixed commencement and expiry dates with no triggers or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination lists **54 remote communities and outstations** in the Northern Territory where welfare payments were subject to compulsory **income management** (also called welfare quarantining).\n\n**What it does**\nUnder Part 3B of the *Social Security (Administration) Act 1999*, the Minister can declare specific areas where a portion of social security payments must be spent on essentials (food, rent, utilities) using a restricted debit card, rather than received as cash.\n\n**Who it affects**\nPeople living in the listed locations—including Kintore, Papunya, Mount Liebig, Kaltukatjara, and surrounding outstations—who received Centrelink payments between **11 December 2007 and 7 December 2008**.\n\n**Why it matters**\nThis instrument implemented the income management component of the 2007 Northern Territory Emergency Response (the \"Intervention\"). It meant that residents in these Aboriginal communities had 50% of their welfare payments restricted to approved merchants to ensure the money was spent on priority goods and services."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-3-determination","history":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-3-determination/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-3-determination/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-3-determination/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-3-determination/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-3-determination/documents"}}