{"id":"F2012L01613","name":"Social Security (Administration) (Specified income management Territory – Northern Territory) Specification 2012","slug":"social-security-administration-specified-income-management-territory-northern-territory-specificatio","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":89589,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L01613-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Administration) (Specified income management Territory – Northern Territory) Specification 2012","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Specified income management Territory – Northern Territory) Specification 2012\n\nSocial Security (Administration) Act 1999\n\nI, JENNY MACKLIN, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform, acting under subsections 123UCB(4) and 123UCC(4) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 and on behalf of the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, make this Specification.\n\nDated 25th July 2012\n\nJ Macklin\n\nMinister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n1 Name of Specification\n\nThis Specification is the Social Security (Administration) (Specified income management Territory – Northern Territory) Specification 2012.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Specification commences on 27 July 2012.\n\n3 Definition\n\nIn this Determination:\n\nAct means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.\n\n4 Specified disengaged youth income management Territory\n\nThe Northern Territory is specified for the purposes of paragraph 123UCB(1)(c) of the Act.\n\n5 Specified long-term welfare payment recipient income management Territory\n\nThe Northern Territory is specified for the purposes of paragraph 123UCC(1)(c) of the Act.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1624},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Specification performs exactly the limited technical function described in its title and provisions—specifying the Northern Territory for two types of income management programs—without any evidence of expansion beyond this original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely brief document with only 5 operative sections","Single defined term ('Act')","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Straightforward declarative provisions referencing only two specific sections of the parent Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument designates the Northern Territory as a place where the Minister may apply compulsory income management under the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999. It activates quarantining of a portion of Centrelink payments—accessible only via restricted payment methods—to ensure spending on essentials rather than alcohol, gambling or tobacco.\n\nIt specifically targets disengaged youth on unemployment benefits and long‑term welfare recipients, reducing recipients’ financial autonomy by limiting how part of their welfare can be used."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-specified-income-management-territory-northern-territory-specificatio","history":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-specified-income-management-territory-northern-territory-specificatio/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-specified-income-management-territory-northern-territory-specificatio/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-specified-income-management-territory-northern-territory-specificatio/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-specified-income-management-territory-northern-territory-specificatio/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-specified-income-management-territory-northern-territory-specificatio/documents"}}