{"id":"F2019L00067","name":"Social Security (Administration) (Deductible portion — section 123XI) Specification 2019","slug":"social-security-administration-deductible-portion-section-123xi-specification-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439906,"registerId":"F2019L00067-fast-fetch-1775955748656","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Administration) (Deductible portion — section 123XI) Specification 2019","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Deductible portion — section 123XI) Specification 2019\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nI, Paul Fletcher, Minister for Families and Social Services make the following instrument.\n\nDated 19 January 2019\n\nPaul Fletcher\n\nMinister for Families and Social Services\n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Schedules\n\n6  Deductible portion\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Deductible portion – section 123XI) Specification 2009\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Social Security (Administration) (Deductible portion — section 123XI) Specification 2019.\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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\n \n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 123XI(3)(b) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\n  Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.\n\n  Note   Category I welfare payment is defined in section 123TC of the Act and has the same meaning in this Specification as in the Act.\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  Deductible portion\n\n  For paragraph 123XI(3)(b) of the Act, the lower percentage of 70% is specified as the deductible portion of an instalment of a category I welfare payment, other than the following category I welfare payments:\n\n1.         a payment under the scheme known as the ABSTUDY scheme that includes an amount identified as living allowance;\n2.        a payment under the scheme known as the ABSTUDY scheme that includes an amount identified as pensioner education supplement.\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Deductible portion – section 123XI) Specification 2009\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument restates and locks in a 70% deductible-portion rule (with the same two ABSTUDY exceptions) and repeals the 2009 specification (clause 6; Schedule 1). It does not expand or narrow the categories of beneficiaries affected under the Act; it specifies how the Act’s existing deduction provision is to be applied."},"complexity_factors":["Single, fixed numeric rule: lower percentage set at 70% for deductible portion (clause 6)","Two narrow statutory exceptions for ABSTUDY amounts (clause 6)","Relies on definitions and deduction machinery in the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (note to clause 4; authority in clause 3 referencing para 123XI(3)(b))","Replaces prior instrument by repeal (Schedule 1), so auditors must check transitional history","Low administrative discretion in this instrument itself, but effect depends on how agencies apply the Act’s recovery/deduction rules","Compliance burden concentrated on welfare recipients and administering agency systems that calculate instalment deductions"],"plain_english_summary":"Specifies that the deductible portion of an instalment of a Category I welfare payment is 70%, excluding ABSTUDY living allowance and ABSTUDY pensioner education supplement instalments. The Minister made this specification under paragraph 123XI(3)(b) and the instrument repeals the 2009 specification.\n\nThis affects recipients of Category I payments by fixing the percentage used when calculating the deductible portion of an instalment, which determines how instalments are treated under the Social Security (Administration) Act. It sets a clear, administrable rule for deductions and exceptions."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its original narrow purpose: setting the deductible portion percentage for welfare payment deductions. It simply updates the 2009 specification to 2019 without expanding scope."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 6 substantive sections plus a repeal schedule)","Only 1 defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","Simple conditional logic: applies to all Category I welfare payments EXCEPT two specific ABSTUDY payment types","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling provision (section 123XI of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999)","Single operative provision (section 6) with straightforward percentage specification","No nested exceptions or complex temporal provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the maximum rate at which debts can be recovered from Category I welfare instalments at 70%, meaning recipients keep at least 30% of their payment. It applies to income‑support style payments (eg JobSeeker, Youth Allowance, Austudy) but excludes the ABSTUDY living allowance and ABSTUDY pensioner education supplement. It replaces the 2009 version of the rule."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-deductible-portion-section-123xi-specification-2019","history":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-deductible-portion-section-123xi-specification-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-deductible-portion-section-123xi-specification-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-deductible-portion-section-123xi-specification-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-deductible-portion-section-123xi-specification-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-deductible-portion-section-123xi-specification-2019/documents"}}