{"id":"F2005L02349","name":"Social Security (Class of Visas - Qualification for Special Benefit) Determination 2005","slug":"social-security-class-of-visas-qualification-for-special-benefit-determination-2005","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":36734,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L02349-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Class of Visas - Qualification for Special Benefit) Determination 2005","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Class of Visas—Qualification for Special Benefit) Determination 2005\n\nI, KAY CHRISTINE LESLEY PATTERSON, Minister for Family and Community Services, make this Determination under subparagraph 729(2)(f)(v) of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nDated 25th January 2005.\n\nKay Patterson\n\nMinister for Family and Community Services\n\nName of determination\n\n1. This Determination is the Social Security (Class of Visas—Qualification for Special Benefit) Determination 2005.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Determination commences on the day on which it is signed.\n\nClass of visas\n\n3. For the purposes of subparagraph 729(2)(f)(v) of the Social Security Act 1991 a class of visas is subclass 787 (Witness Protection (Trafficking) (Temporary)) provided the person who holds the visa was a former holder of a criminal justice stay visa issued under subsection 155(2) of the Migration Act 1958 granted for the purpose of assisting in the administration of criminal justice in relation to the offence of people trafficking, sexual servitude or deceptive recruiting.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1745},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 2005 determination establishing the scope. The instrument remains tightly focused on its original purpose: enabling witnesses in trafficking cases to access Special Benefit. No scope creep is evident in this version."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with only 3 operative sections","Single visa class specified with straightforward eligibility criteria","Only one cross-reference to primary legislation (Social Security Act 1991)","No nested exceptions or conditional layering beyond the basic 'former holder' requirement"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument allows certain temporary visa holders to access the Special Benefit: people on a subclass 787 (Witness Protection (Trafficking) Temporary) visa who previously held a criminal-justice-stay visa granted to assist trafficking, sexual servitude or deceptive recruiting investigations.  \n\nIt gives vulnerable witnesses who can’t work while helping law enforcement basic financial support during their stay in Australia."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-class-of-visas-qualification-for-special-benefit-determination-2005","history":"/api/acts/social-security-class-of-visas-qualification-for-special-benefit-determination-2005/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-class-of-visas-qualification-for-special-benefit-determination-2005/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-class-of-visas-qualification-for-special-benefit-determination-2005/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-class-of-visas-qualification-for-special-benefit-determination-2005/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-class-of-visas-qualification-for-special-benefit-determination-2005/documents"}}