{"id":"F2023L01269","name":"Social Security (Administration) (Specified Income Management Territory – Northern Territory) Instrument 2023","slug":"social-security-administration-specified-income-management-territory-northern-territory-instrument-2","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442091,"registerId":"F2023L01269-fast-fetch-1775957193651","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Administration) (Specified Income Management Territory – Northern Territory) Instrument 2023","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-keywords: \"[SEC=OFFICIAL]\"\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) (Specified Income Management Territory – Northern Territory) Instrument 2023\n\nI, Amanda Rishworth, Minister for Social Services, make the following Instrument.\n\nDated 14 September 2023    \n\nAmanda Rishworth\n\nMinister for Social Services\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Repeal of this instrument\n\n5 Definitions............................................1\n\n6 Schedules.............................................1\n\n7 Specified disengaged youth income management Territory................1\n\n8 Specified long-term welfare payment recipients income management Territory....2\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals 3\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Specified income management Territory – Northern Territory) Specification 2012              3\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Social Security (Administration) (Specified Income Management Territory – Northern Territory) Instrument 2023.\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 subsections 123UCB(4) and 123UCC(4) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.\n\n4  Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 1 July 2026.\n\n5  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.\n\n6  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\n7  Specified disengaged youth income management Territory\n\n  The Northern Territory is specified for the purposes of paragraph 123UCB(1)(c) of the Act.\n\n8  Specified long-term welfare payment recipient income management Territory\n\n  The Northern Territory is specified for the purposes of paragraph 123UCC(1)(c) of the Act.\n\n\n\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Specified income management Territory – Northern Territory) Specification 2012\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument repeals the 2012 Specification (Schedule 1) and re-specifies the Northern Territory as the designated territory for disengaged youth and long-term welfare‑recipient income management under ss 123UCB(1)(c) and 123UCC(1)(c). It also imposes a fixed expiry (1 July 2026), altering the temporal scope compared with an ongoing specification."},"complexity_factors":["Simple, declaratory instrument: the operative effect is to specify a territory rather than to set operational rules.","Cross-references to primary Act provisions (ss 123UCB(1)(c), 123UCC(1)(c); made under ss 123UCB(4) and 123UCC(4)) require readers to consult the Act for substantive mechanics.","Temporal limitation: instrument contains an explicit repeal date (start of 1 July 2026), adding a time-bound layer to its effect.","Repeal of prior instrument (Schedule 1) requires checking historical instruments to track continuity of coverage.","Commencement timing is immediate (day after registration), creating an operational deadline for administrators."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument designates the Northern Territory as a specified income‑management territory for two income‑management regimes under the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, enabling the Act's income‑management measures to operate in the NT. It commences the day after registration and is repealed at the start of 1 July 2026.\n\nIt repeals the 2012 Northern Territory specification (Schedule 1) and is made under ss 123UCB(4) and 123UCC(4). The change affects welfare recipients in the NT and departmental administrators by authorising application of the Act’s income‑management rules there."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains the status quo. It simply re-specifies the Northern Territory for the same two income management programs that have operated there since 2012, replacing the expiring 2012 instrument. There is no expansion of scope, no new categories of people affected, and no new territories added."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 8 sections plus a schedule)","Only 1 defined term ('Act')","No nested exceptions or conditional logic","Straightforward repeal and replacement mechanism","Simple territorial specification with no additional qualifications","Automatic sunset clause (self-repealing provision) is clear and unambiguous"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument renews the legal designation allowing compulsory income management in the Northern Territory — covering disengaged youth and long‑term welfare recipients — replacing a 2012 instrument and keeping the BasicsCard‑style quarantining of part of payments in place. It affects eligible NT welfare recipients and Services Australia staff and expires automatically on 1 July 2026."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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