{"id":"F2024L01210","name":"Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act—Bamyan 2024) Declaration 2024","slug":"social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-bamyan-2024-declaration-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442592,"registerId":"F2024L01210-fast-fetch-1775957561905","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act—Bamyan 2024) Declaration 2024","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 (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act—Bamyan 2024) Declaration 2024\n\n \n\nI, ANTHONY NORMAN ALBANESE, Prime Minister, make the following declaration.\n\nDated  23 September 2024\n\nAnthony Albanese\n\nPrime Minister\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Declared overseas terrorist act\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act— Bamyan 2024) Declaration 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 35B(1) of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument, terrorist act has the same meaning as in subsection 100.1(1) of the Criminal Code.\n\n5  Declared overseas terrorist act\n\nThe following terrorist act is a declared overseas terrorist act:\n\n1.     the shooting at approximately 6pm (local time) in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan on 17 May 2024.\n\n\n \n\nNote: If the Prime Minister makes a declaration under subsection 35B(1) of the Social Security Act 1991, then subsection 35B(2) provides that the Minister is taken to have made a determination under subsection 36(1) that the terrorist act is a major disaster.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, specific function it was designed for: declaring a particular overseas terrorist act to trigger social security consequences. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 5 sections, approximately 200 words total)","Only 1 defined term ('terrorist act'), which simply cross-references the Criminal Code definition rather than creating new complexity","Single operative provision (section 5) with no conditional logic or exceptions","No nested provisions, subsections, or elaborate structural elements","Straightforward factual description of the event (date, time, location)","Note section provides helpful explanatory context rather than adding legal complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration recognises the 17 May 2024 shooting in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan as a \"declared overseas terrorist act\" for social security purposes. That recognition automatically triggers the Minister's declaration of a \"major disaster\" under social security law, enabling special disaster-related payments and support.\n\nIt primarily affects Australian citizens or residents (and their close families) killed, injured, or otherwise directly affected by the attack, allowing access to payments they would not otherwise receive for an overseas event."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not amend the Social Security Act; it exercises authority in subsection 35B(1) to designate a specific overseas terrorist act (s5) and, by operation of subsection 35B(2), causes the Minister to be taken to have made a s36(1) determination that the act is a major disaster (note). It therefore applies existing statutory power rather than changing the Act's scope."},"complexity_factors":["Single-event, factual designation with narrow scope (s5) limits legislative complexity but requires precise factual matching.","Dependence on external definitions: uses the Criminal Code definition of “terrorist act” (referenced in s4), requiring cross‑statute interpretation.","Automatic cross‑statutory effect: the declaration under s35B(1) triggers deeming in s35B(2) and a s36(1) determination (note), so effects depend on reading multiple provisions.","Minimal procedural detail: instrument records who made it (Prime Minister) and commencement timing (commences day after registration) but gives no operational criteria or implementation steps (ss2–3).","Potential administrative consequences are outsourced to the Social Security Act framework; practical impacts require consulting that Act (not set out here).","Low ambiguity on authority, higher ambiguity on downstream scope (who receives assistance, what measures apply) because those outcomes rest in other provisions of the Social Security Act."],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration states that the shooting in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan on 17 May 2024 is a “declared overseas terrorist act” (s5). The Prime Minister made the declaration under subsection 35B(1), which by operation of subsection 35B(2) treats the Minister as having determined the act a “major disaster” under subsection 36(1), mechanically activating the Social Security Act 1991’s disaster-related legal pathway."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-bamyan-2024-declaration-2024","history":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-bamyan-2024-declaration-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-bamyan-2024-declaration-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-bamyan-2024-declaration-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-bamyan-2024-declaration-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-bamyan-2024-declaration-2024/documents"}}