{"id":"F2016L00306","name":"Social Security (Administration) (Trial — Excluded Voluntary Participants) Determination 2016","slug":"social-security-administration-trial-excluded-voluntary-participants-determination-2016","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":94262,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2016L00306-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Administration) (Trial — Excluded Voluntary Participants) Determination 2016","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Trial — Excluded Voluntary Participants) Determination 2016\n\nSocial Security (Administration) Act 1999\n\nI, ALAN TUDGE, Minister for Human Services, acting under section 124PI of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 make this Determination.\n\nDated: 9 March 2016\n\nAlan Tudge\n\nMinister for Human Services\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n1 Name of Determination\n\nThis Determination is the Social Security (Administration) (Trial — Excluded Voluntary Participants) Determination 2016.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.\n\n3 Cessation\n\nThis Determination ceases on 30 June 2018.\n\n4 Definitions\n\nIn this Determination:\n\nAct means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.\n\npension age has the meaning given by section 23 of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n5 Excluded voluntary participants\n\nA person other than:\n\n(a) a person who has reached pension age; or\n\n(b) a person who has not reached pension age but will reach pension age during the 12 month period commencing on the date the trial area in which the person has their usual place of residence became specified as a trial area;\n\nis in a class of person who may not be a voluntary participant.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1561},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination remains strictly limited to its original purpose of establishing age-based exclusions for voluntary participation in a specific trial, without expansion into broader policy areas or additional eligibility criteria."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision using double-negative construction ('person other than... is in a class who may not')","Only 2 defined terms in the interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislative instruments or complex conditional logic","Fixed sunset clause providing automatic cessation (30 June 2018)"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination restricts who can volunteer for a social security trial (an income management program). **Only older Australians can volunteer**; everyone else is blocked from signing up.\n\nSpecifically, the rule says that if you are **not** either:\n* Already at pension age (currently 67, but was lower in 2016), **or**\n* Turning pension age within the next 12 months from when the trial started in your area\n\n...then you fall into the class of people who **may not** be voluntary participants. In plain terms: if you're younger than retirement age, you cannot choose to join this trial even if you want to. The trial is limited to voluntary participants who are already seniors or about to become seniors."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-trial-excluded-voluntary-participants-determination-2016","history":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-trial-excluded-voluntary-participants-determination-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-trial-excluded-voluntary-participants-determination-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-trial-excluded-voluntary-participants-determination-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-trial-excluded-voluntary-participants-determination-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-trial-excluded-voluntary-participants-determination-2016/documents"}}