{"id":"F2016L00775","name":"Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2016 – Brussels","slug":"social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2016-brussels","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":129403,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2016L00775-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2016 – Brussels","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2016 – Brussels\n\nSocial Security Act 1991\n\nI, MALCOLM BLIGH TURNBULL, Prime Minister, make this declaration under subsection 35B(1) of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nDated 6 May 2016\n\n  \nMALCOLM BLIGH TURNBULL\n\nPrime Minister\n\n1 Name of declaration\n\nThis declaration is the Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2016 – Brussels.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis declaration commences on the day after this instrument is registered.\n\n3 Definitions\n\nIn this declaration:\n\nAct means the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nterrorist act has the same meaning as in subsection 100.1(1) of the Criminal Code.\n\n4 Declared overseas terrorist act\n\nFor the purposes of subsection 35B(1) of the Act, the following terrorist acts are declared overseas terrorist acts:\n\n(1) the bombings in Brussels, Belgium on 22 March 2016 at the following locations:\n\n1.  two bomb attacks at approximately 7.58am (local time) at the departure check-in area at Brussels Zaventem Airport, and\n2.  a bomb attack at approximately 9.15am (local time) on a train near Maelbeek Metro station, Brussels.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not amend or expand the Social Security Act itself; it applies the Act’s existing subsection 35B(1) to specified events (see s4). It therefore implements the Act’s scope rather than changing it."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow subject matter: single, specific events are designated (see s4).","Short, formal instrument with four operative clauses (name, commencement, definitions, declaration).","Effect depends on cross-reference to the Social Security Act (subsection 35B(1)) which contains the operative consequences.","Relies on external statutory definition of 'terrorist act' in the Criminal Code (see s3), adding an interpretive dependency.","Immediate commencement on registration creates a fixed administrative timing point (see s2).","Low drafting complexity and limited administrative discretion once declaration is made."],"plain_english_summary":"Mechanically, this instrument declares the 22 March 2016 bombings in Brussels (two attacks at Brussels Zaventem Airport and one at Maelbeek Metro) to be “declared overseas terrorist acts” for the purposes of subsection 35B(1) of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nThat designation activates the Social Security Act’s existing rules for declared overseas terrorist acts and therefore affects people and payments whose social security entitlements depend on a finding that they are connected to those specified events."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration serves exactly its original purpose: to declare specific overseas terrorist acts for the purposes of triggering social security payments. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical function."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 4 sections)","Minimal defined terms (only 2: 'Act' and 'terrorist act')","No cross-references beyond the enabling provision (subsection 35B(1)) and the Criminal Code definition","No conditional logic or exceptions","Straightforward factual declaration of specific historical events","Single operative provision (section 4) with simple list structure"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration by the Prime Minister formally treats the March 22, 2016 Brussels bombings as a \"declared overseas terrorist act\" under Australia’s social security laws. That designation makes Australian victims and their families eligible for specific support payments (such as the Australian Victim of Terrorism Overseas Payment), enabling financial assistance to those injured, killed, or directly affected by the attacks."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2016-brussels","history":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2016-brussels/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2016-brussels/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2016-brussels/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2016-brussels/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2016-brussels/documents"}}