{"id":"F2008L03535","name":"Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas - Various (No. 31)) Determination 2008","slug":"social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-31-determinatio","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":120645,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L03535-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas - Various (No. 31)) Determination 2008","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Declared\n\nrelevant Northern Territory areas — Various (No. 31)) Determination 2008\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 13 October 2008.\n\nThis Determination expires on 19 September 2009.\n\nDated 23 September 2008\n\nJENNY MACKLIN\n\nMinister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs\n\n  \nSchedule - declared relevant Northern Territory areas\n\nAMANBIDJI also known as AMANBIDGEE STATION, KILDURK, MIALUNI, KILDURK HOMESTEAD\n\nBAMBOO SPRINGS also known as JIRRNGOW\n\nBARRAK BARRAK also known as BARRAC BARRAC, MAYAMUM\n\nBOBS YARD\n\nBUBBLE BUBBLE also known as DHAMBERRAL, DJAMBORAL, DUMBARAL ASSOC, DUMBRAL, NEWRY STATION\n\nBULLA also known as GUDABIJIN, GURRBIJIM\n\nBUCKET SPRINGS also known as BINJEN NINGGUWUNG\n\nDILLINYA also known as DRY CREEK\n\nDJARRUNG also known as DJURRUNG\n\nDOOJUM\n\nFITZROY STATION\n\nGILWI also known as 11 MILE, TWELVE MILE BORE, TWELVE MILE HOLE\n\nMARRALUM also known as MARRALAM, LEGUNE STATION\n\nMENNGEN also known as DJALIBANG, INNESVALE STATION, JALIJBANG\n\nMURUNING also known as DARBY'S, TIMBER CREEK, MURINGUNG, MURRUNING\n\nMYATT also known as 5 MILE, FIVE MILE, GULARDI, JERRY’S\n\nPOLICEMANS HOLE also known as LITTLE POLICEMANS HOLE, NYAWANYAWAN DAWANG\n\nWURRKLENI also known as JOHNSONS WATERHOLE","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1943},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination operates strictly within the scope of section 123TE(1) of the Act, which expressly authorises the Minister to declare Northern Territory areas for the purposes of Part 3B (income management). The instrument does not expand beyond this original geographic declaration purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (effectively 2 pages) with no operative provisions beyond the declaration itself","No definitions, interpretation clauses or conditional logic","Operates entirely by reference to existing Part 3B of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999","Simple tabular Schedule listing place names and known aliases","Contains automatic sunset clause (expires 19 September 2009)"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination activated compulsory income management (the Intervention’s welfare quarantining) for residents of 17 named remote Northern Territory communities, restricting part of eligible social security payments to essentials via a BasicsCard. It applied to people receiving certain welfare payments in those declared areas and operated temporarily from 13 October 2008 to 19 September 2009."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-31-determinatio","history":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-31-determinatio/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-31-determinatio/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-31-determinatio/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-31-determinatio/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-31-determinatio/documents"}}