{"id":"F2020L00333","name":"Social Security (Administration) (Excluded Goods – section 123TI) Specification 2020","slug":"social-security-administration-excluded-goods-section-123ti-specification-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440429,"registerId":"F2020L00333-fast-fetch-1775956055403","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Administration) (Excluded Goods – section 123TI) Specification 2020","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![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Excluded Goods — section 123TI) Specification 2020\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nI, Anne Ruston, Minister for Families and Social Services, make the following Specification.\n\nDated  25 March 2020  \n\nSenator the Hon Anne Ruston\n\nMinister for Families and Social Services\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Schedules\n\n6  Excluded goods\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Excluded Goods — section 123TI) Specification 2010\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Social Security (Administration) (Excluded Goods – section 123TI) Specification 2020.\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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 123TI(1)(d) 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  fermenter means a container that could be used for the purpose of fermentation.\n\n  home-brew concentrate means:\n\n1.     a substance, that includes malt and hops, ordinarily used for brewing beer; or\n2.     wort; or\n3.     grape concentrate ordinarily used for making wine.\n\n\nhome-brew kit means a kit that includes all the following:\n\n1.     a fermenter;\n2.     an airlock;\n3.     a thermometer.\n\n\n5  Schedule\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in the Schedule to this instrument is repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule, and any other item in the Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n6  Excluded goods\n\n  For paragraph 123TI(1)(d) of the Act, the following goods are specified:   \n\n1.     home-brew concentrate;\n2.     home-brew kits.\n\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Excluded Goods — section 123TI) Specification 2010\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains the same narrow scope as its 2010 predecessor — specifying excluded goods for income management purposes. It does not expand beyond the original intent of preventing welfare funds from being used to acquire alcohol-making equipment."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 6 substantive sections plus a repeal schedule)","Only 3 defined terms ('Act', 'fermenter', 'home-brew concentrate', 'home-brew kit')","Single operative provision (section 6) with a simple list of 2 excluded items","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling provision (section 123TI of the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward repeal of a single previous instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument specifies goods that cannot be purchased using the Cashless Debit Card (income management), notably banning home‑brew kits and concentrates that let users make alcohol at home. It affects welfare recipients subject to income management and retailers who must block these items, closing a loophole that would let restricted funds be used to obtain alcohol. It updates and replaces the 2010 specification without changing its substance."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument repeals the 2010 specification and re‑specifies the excluded goods (Schedule 1; s6). The instrument replaces the prior instrument administratively; the text does not state whether the substantive list of excluded goods is materially different from the repealed 2010 instrument, so a comparison of scope cannot be drawn from this instrument alone."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with few operative clauses (ss 1–6, Schedule 1).","Defines a small set of terms and two specified goods (Definitions, s4; Excluded goods, s6).","Relies on delegated power in paragraph 123TI(1)(d) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (s3), so legal effect depends on cross‑reference to that Act.","Repeals an earlier instrument in full (Schedule 1) — administratively notable but not substantively complex.","Some definitional wording is broad/interpretive (eg. “fermenter” as a container “that could be used for the purpose of fermentation”) (s4), which may require factual or administrative judgment.","Practical compliance burden is small and narrowly targeted to people and officials applying the Act to brewing supplies."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Minister for Families and Social Services, specifies that certain beer- and wine‑making items — “home‑brew concentrate” and “home‑brew kits” — are to be treated as “excluded goods” for paragraph 123TI(1)(d) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 and repeals the 2010 specification. It does not itself create or change payments; it changes which brewing supplies are classified as excluded goods, which affects administrators and people subject to the Act by altering how those items are treated under the Act."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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