{"id":"F2017L00895","name":"Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2017— Stockholm, Manchester, Baghdad and London (3 June 2017)","slug":"social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2017-stockholm-manchester-baghdad-and-lo","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":96777,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2017L00895-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2017— Stockholm, Manchester, Baghdad and London (3 June 2017)","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act) Declaration 2017 — Stockholm, Manchester, Baghdad and London (3 June 2017)\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 5 July 2017\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 2017— Stockholm, Manchester, Baghdad and London (3 June 2017)\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\n1) The attack at approximately 15:00 hours (local time) on Friday 7 April 2017 along Drottninggatan Street between Adolf Fredriks Kyrkogata and the Ahlens department store in Stockholm, Sweden.\n\n2) The attack at approximately 22:35 hours (local time) on Monday 22 May 2017 in the box office exit foyer of the Manchester Arena, near the entrance to Victoria railway and tram station, in Manchester, the United Kingdom.\n\n3) The bombing shortly after midnight (local time) on Tuesday 30 May 2017 outside the Al-Faqma ice cream parlour on Karrada Kharidge Road, in the Karrada District in Baghdad, Iraq.\n\n4) The attack at approximately 22:08 (local time) on Saturday 3 June 2017 on London Bridge and at the following locations in the Borough Market area in London, the United Kingdom:\n\n1.  outside and around the Borrow Boy and Banker Pub, 8 Borough High Street, SE1 9QQ\n2.  Black & Blue Restaurant, 1\\-2 Rochester Walk, SE1 9AF\n3.  inside Borough Market, outside Applebees Fish, 5 Stoney Street, SE1 9AA\n4.  on Stoney Street, outside Borough Market, SE1 9AF\n5.  on Montague Close, SE1 9BB\n6.  outside the Wheatsheaf pub, 6 Stoney Street, SE1 9AA.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration performs exactly the function intended by the parent legislation (Social Security Act 1991, section 35B). It is a procedural instrument that activates the victim payment scheme for specific overseas terrorist incidents. There is no expansion beyond the original legislative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (4 sections, approximately 1 page)","Only 2 defined terms ('Act' and 'terrorist act'), with the latter simply referencing the Criminal Code definition","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward declarative structure: the Prime Minister lists specific events with precise times and locations","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling provision (subsection 35B(1)) and the Criminal Code definition","Minimal administrative machinery — purely a factual declaration of specific incidents"],"plain_english_summary":"The Prime Minister formally declares four 2017 overseas terrorist attacks (Stockholm, Manchester, Baghdad and London) as \"declared overseas terrorist acts\" under the Social Security Act 1991. That declaration activates eligibility for the one‑off Australian Victim of Terrorism Overseas Payment for Australian residents who were present and suffered injury or mental harm, and for families of those killed."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration does not alter the statutory powers or definitions in the Social Security Act; it exercises the existing power in subsection 35B(1) to designate specified overseas events as ‘declared overseas terrorist acts’ (preamble; cl 4). It adds specific incidents to the list of declared acts but does not expand or narrow the Act’s substantive definitions (cl 3)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, list-based scope: clause 4 simply lists four specific incidents (cl 4).","Statutory cross-reference: relies on subsection 35B(1) of the Social Security Act as the enabling power (preamble), and on the Criminal Code definition of “terrorist act” (cl 3).","Minimal procedural detail: the instrument declares events but does not set out administrative procedures for applying the declaration, leaving implementation to existing agency processes (cl 4; cl 2).","Immediate commencement mechanic: takes effect the day after registration, limiting any phased implementation (cl 2).","Low legal ambiguity: no novel definitions or discretionary criteria are introduced beyond existing statutory references (cl 3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under subsection 35B(1) of the Social Security Act 1991, declares four specific overseas terrorist incidents (Stockholm, Manchester, Baghdad and London, April–June 2017) to be “declared overseas terrorist acts” for social security purposes.\n\nIt affects Australians whose social security entitlements or obligations touch those incidents by allowing the social security system to apply statutory rules linked to such declarations. The Prime Minister signed the declaration; the instrument relies on the Criminal Code definition of “terrorist act” (cl 3) and commences the day after registration (cl 2)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2017-stockholm-manchester-baghdad-and-lo","history":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2017-stockholm-manchester-baghdad-and-lo/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2017-stockholm-manchester-baghdad-and-lo/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2017-stockholm-manchester-baghdad-and-lo/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2017-stockholm-manchester-baghdad-and-lo/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-declaration-2017-stockholm-manchester-baghdad-and-lo/documents"}}