{"id":"F2013L01799","name":"Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2013 – Nairobi","slug":"social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2013-nairobi","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":127890,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L01799-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2013 – Nairobi","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Delegation - short\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2013 - Nairobi\n\nSocial Security Act 1991\n\nI, TONY ABBOTT, Prime Minister, make this declaration under subsection 35B(1) of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nDated 6 October 2013\n\n \n\n\nTONY ABBOTT\n\nPrime Minister\n\n1 Name of declaration\n\n  This declaration is the Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2013 – Nairobi.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n  This declaration commences on 21 October 2013.\n\n3 Definitions\n\n  In this declaration:\n\n  Act means the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n  terrorist act has the same meaning as in subsection 100.1(1) of the Criminal Code.\n\n4 Declared overseas terrorist act\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 35B(1) of the Act, the armed assault at the Westgate Shopping Mall in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya on 21‑24 September 2013 is a declared overseas terrorist act.\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2304},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its original narrow purpose: to declare a specific historical event (the Westgate Mall attack) as a terrorist act for social security purposes. There has been no expansion beyond this singular declaratory function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 short sections with minimal text","Just 2 defined terms (one referencing the parent Act, the other importing the Criminal Code definition)","Single operational provision with no conditional logic, exceptions, or internal cross-references","No schedules, tables, or subsidiary mechanisms"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal declaration made by then-Prime Minister Tony Abbott that designates the **Westgate Shopping Mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya** (which occurred 21–24 September 2013) as a 'declared overseas terrorist act' under Australia's Social Security Act 1991.\n\n**What this means:**\n- Once an attack is formally 'declared' under section 35B of the Social Security Act, the government can use special powers under social security laws regarding people involved in that attack.\n- This typically affects whether individuals involved in the attack can receive social security payments (like pensions or benefits) from the Australian government.\n- The declaration imports the legal definition of 'terrorist act' from the Criminal Code to ensure consistency with Australia's counter-terrorism laws.\n\n**Why it matters:** Without this formal declaration, the specific powers in the Social Security Act dealing with terrorist acts could not be applied to this particular event."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2013-nairobi","history":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2013-nairobi/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2013-nairobi/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2013-nairobi/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2013-nairobi/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2013-nairobi/documents"}}