{"id":"F2020L01436","name":"Social Security (Coronavirus Economic Response—2020 Measures No. 15) Determination 2020","slug":"social-security-coronavirus-economic-response-2020-measures-no-15-determination-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440658,"registerId":"F2020L01436-fast-fetch-1775956219145","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Coronavirus Economic Response—2020 Measures No. 15) Determination 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 (Coronavirus Economic Response—2020 Measures No. 15) Determination 2020\n\nI, Anne Ruston, Minister for Families and Social Services, make the following determination.\n\nDated 12 November 2020\n\nAnne Ruston\n\nMinister for Families and Social Services\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Schedules\n\nPart 2—COVID‑19 supplement\n\n5 COVID‑19 supplement—parenting payment\n\n6 COVID‑19 supplement—youth allowance\n\n7 COVID‑19 supplement—jobseeker payment\n\nSchedule 1—Amendments\n\nSocial Security (Coronavirus Economic Response—2020 Measures No. 2) Determination 2020\n\nSocial Security (Coronavirus Economic Response—2020 Measures No. 6) Determination 2020\n\nSocial Security (Coronavirus Economic Response—2020 Measures No. 11) Determination 2020\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Social Security (Coronavirus Economic Response—2020 Measures No. 15) Determination 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instrument is registered. 17 November 2020\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 the following:\n\n (a) section 504 of the Social Security Act 1991;\n\n (b) section 557 of the Social Security Act 1991;\n\n (c) section 646 of the Social Security Act 1991;\n\n (d) section 1210B of the Social Security Act 1991;\n\n (e) item 40A of Schedule 11 to the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Act 2020.\n\n4  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\nPart 2—COVID‑19 supplement\n\n \n\n5  COVID‑19 supplement—parenting payment\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 504(3) of the Social Security Act 1991, the initial period, as previously extended, is extended by the period:\n\n (a) beginning on 19 December 2020; and\n\n (b) ending at the end of 31 December 2020.\n\n (2) For the purposes of subsection 504(7) of the Social Security Act 1991, the amount of a person’s COVID‑19 supplement per fortnight for the extension period is $250 for an instalment period in relation to the person that begins on or after 19 December 2020 and before the end of 31 December 2020.\n\n6  COVID‑19 supplement—youth allowance\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 557(3) of the Social Security Act 1991, the initial period, as previously extended, is extended by the period:\n\n (a) beginning on 19 December 2020; and\n\n (b) ending at the end of 31 December 2020.\n\n (2) For the purposes of subsection 557(7) of the Social Security Act 1991, the amount of a person’s COVID‑19 supplement per fortnight for the extension period is $250 for an instalment period in relation to the person that begins on or after 19 December 2020 and before the end of 31 December 2020.\n\n7  COVID‑19 supplement—jobseeker payment\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 646(3) of the Social Security Act 1991, the initial period, as previously extended, is extended by the period:\n\n (a) beginning on 19 December 2020; and\n\n (b) ending at the end of 31 December 2020.\n\n (2) For the purposes of subsection 646(7) of the Social Security Act 1991, the amount of a person’s COVID‑19 supplement per fortnight for the extension period is $250 for an instalment period in relation to the person that begins on or after 19 December 2020 and before the end of 31 December 2020.\n\nSchedule 1—Amendments\n\n \n\nSocial Security (Coronavirus Economic Response—2020 Measures No. 2) Determination 2020\n\n1  Paragraphs 7(2)(a) and (b)\n\nRepeal the paragraphs, substitute:\n\n (a) beginning on 19 December 2020; and\n\n (b) ending at the end of 31 December 2020.\n\n2  Subsection 7(3)\n\nRepeal the subsection, substitute:\n\n (3) For the purposes of paragraph 1210B(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991, the fortnightly amount of a person’s COVID‑19 supplement for the period is $250 for an instalment period in relation to the person that begins on or after 19 December 2020 and before the end of 31 December 2020.\n\nSocial Security (Coronavirus Economic Response—2020 Measures No. 6) Determination 2020\n\n3  Paragraphs 4(2)(a) and (b)\n\nRepeal the paragraphs, substitute:\n\n (a) beginning on 19 December 2020; and\n\n (b) ending at the end of 31 December 2020.\n\n4  Subsection 4(3)\n\nRepeal the subsection, substitute:\n\n (3) For the purposes of paragraph 1210B(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991, the fortnightly amount of a person’s COVID‑19 supplement for the period is $250 for an instalment period in relation to the person that begins on or after 19 December 2020 and before the end of 31 December 2020.\n\nSocial Security (Coronavirus Economic Response—2020 Measures No. 11) Determination 2020\n\n5  Subitem 1(3) of Schedule 1 (subsection 23(4AB) of the Social Security Act 1991)\n\nOmit “before 16 November 2020”, substitute “before 31 December 2020”.\n\n6  Subitem 1(3) of Schedule 1 (subsection 23(4AB) of the Social Security Act 1991)\n\nOmit “a reference to 16 November 2020”, substitute “a reference to 31 December 2020”.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains its original narrow purpose: extending the COVID-19 supplement end date and adjusting the payment rate. It does not expand beyond the temporary pandemic economic response framework established in 2020."},"complexity_factors":["Short, focused instrument with only 7 operative sections plus amendments","Heavy reliance on cross-references to the Social Security Act 1991 and three earlier determinations (requires reading multiple instruments together to understand full effect)","Amendments use technical legislative language ('repeal the paragraphs, substitute') without explanatory context","References to 'initial period, as previously extended' creates a chain of temporal dependencies requiring historical knowledge of earlier extensions","Minor complexity in Schedule 1 amendments which modify dates in three separate earlier instruments simultaneously"],"plain_english_summary":"This law provides a final two‑week extension of the COVID‑19 supplement — $250 per fortnight from 19 to 31 December 2020 — for people on Parenting Payment, Youth Allowance and JobSeeker who qualified for the supplement.  \n\nIt temporarily topped up payments over the holiday period as a short bridge before the supplement ended and updates related income‑test concession rules and earlier COVID‑19 determinations to reflect the 31 December end date."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument expands the temporal scope of the COVID‑19 supplement beyond earlier end‑dates: it extends initial periods for Parenting Payment, Youth Allowance and JobSeeker to 31 December 2020 (cl.5(1), 6(1), 7(1)) and replaces earlier references to 16 November 2020 with 31 December 2020 in Schedule 1 amendments (Schedule 1, items 5–6). It therefore increases the duration during which the $250 per‑fortnight rate applies and aligns prior determinations to that date range."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow temporal amendment: extends the initial COVID‑19 supplement period only from 19 December 2020 to 31 December 2020 (see cl.5(1), 6(1), 7(1)).","Uniform monetary rule: specifies a flat $250 per fortnight supplement for instalment periods that begin on or after 19 Dec 2020 and before the end of 31 Dec 2020 (see cl.5(2), 6(2), 7(2)).","Multiple cross‑references to primary Act provisions and enabling items: made under Social Security Act ss.504, 557, 646 and s.1210B; also cites item 40A of Schedule 11 to the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Act 2020 (see cl.3).","Amendments to existing instruments: updates three prior determinations (Measures No.2, No.6, No.11) to align dates and fortnightly amounts, requiring coordinated changes across instruments (Schedule 1, items 1–6).","Commencement mechanics: whole instrument takes effect the day after registration (Commencement table — 17 Nov 2020), creating an immediate implementation requirement for payment runs.","Operational/administrative edge cases: the rule ties payment to instalment periods that ‘begin on or after’ 19 Dec and ‘before the end of’ 31 Dec 2020, which may require precise fortnightly instalment calculations in payment systems (see cl.5(2), 6(2), 7(2)).","Decision layer concentration: the Minister makes the determination under specified Social Security Act powers, centralising the policy choice in a statutory instrument rather than primary legislation (see cl.3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination extends the time-limited COVID‑19 supplement for Parenting Payment, Youth Allowance and JobSeeker recipients by adding a short extension from 19 December 2020 to 31 December 2020. For that extension the supplement is fixed at $250 per fortnight. It also amends earlier COVID‑19 social security determinations so the dates and fortnightly rate line up."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-coronavirus-economic-response-2020-measures-no-15-determination-2020","history":"/api/acts/social-security-coronavirus-economic-response-2020-measures-no-15-determination-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-coronavirus-economic-response-2020-measures-no-15-determination-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-coronavirus-economic-response-2020-measures-no-15-determination-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-coronavirus-economic-response-2020-measures-no-15-determination-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-coronavirus-economic-response-2020-measures-no-15-determination-2020/documents"}}