{"id":"F2022L00581","name":"Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – ACT Loose-Fill Asbestos Disease Support Scheme Payments) Determination 2022","slug":"social-security-exempt-lump-sum-act-loose-fill-asbestos-disease-support-scheme-payments-determinatio","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441349,"registerId":"F2022L00581-fast-fetch-1775956663501","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – ACT Loose-Fill Asbestos Disease Support Scheme Payments) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\nmeta-keywords: \"[SEC=OFFICIAL]\"\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nSocial Security (Exempt Lump Sum – ACT Loose-Fill Asbestos Disease Support Scheme Payments) Determination 2022\n\n \n\n \n\nI, Caitlin Delaney, Acting Group Manager of the Pensions, Housing and Homelessness Group, Department of Social Services, make the following Determination.\n\nDated  7 April 2022  \n\nCaitlin Delaney\n\nActing Group Manager of the Pensions, Housing and Homelessness Group, Department of Social Services\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Exempt lump sum........................................2\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – ACT Loose-Fill Asbestos Disease Support Scheme Payments) Determination 2022.\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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nACT means the Australian Capital Territory.\n\nACT Loose-Fill Asbestos Disease Support Payment Scheme means an administrative scheme operated by the ACT Government to provide ex gratia lump sum payments for claims relating to a loose-fill asbestos-related disease diagnosed on or after 1 January 2014.\n\nasbestos disease support payment means a lump sum payment made by the ACT Government to or on behalf of an individual or their financial dependant in accordance with the ACT Loose-Fill Asbestos Disease Support Payment Scheme.\n\n5  Exempt lump sum\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act, the gross amount of an asbestos disease support payment covered by subsection (2) is an exempt lump sum.\n\n (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), this subsection covers the following asbestos disease support payments:\n\n (a) an asbestos disease support payment made to the individual in relation to gratuitous attendant care expenses;\n\n (b) an asbestos disease support payment made in relation to attendant care and household services by third parties;\n\n (c) an asbestos disease support payment made in relation to home and vehicle modifications;\n\n (d) an asbestos disease support payment made in relation to funeral expenses;\n\n (e) an asbestos disease support payment made in relation to financial advice;\n\n (f) an asbestos disease support payment made to the individual in relation to a dependant lump sum payment.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs a narrow, specific function exactly as described in its title — exempting particular ACT asbestos scheme payments from income testing. There is no scope creep; it does precisely what it was intended to do and nothing more."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 operative sections with minimal text","Just 4 defined terms in section 4","Single straightforward exemption mechanism in section 5","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering provision (Social Security Act 1991, paragraph 8(11)(d))","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Simple list structure in subsection 5(2) with 6 enumerated categories"],"plain_english_summary":"This law ensures certain lump-sum payments from the ACT Loose‑Fill Asbestos Disease Support Scheme are ignored when Centrelink assesses income or assets, so they won’t reduce pensions or benefits. It covers specified payments for care, home/vehicle modifications, funeral and related costs, financial advice, and dependant lump sums. It affects scheme recipients and their dependants, protecting compensation meant for care and hardship from being offset by social security tests."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Determination implements an exemption under paragraph 8(11)(d) by specifying discrete categories of ACT Loose‑Fill Asbestos Scheme lump sums to be treated as exempt (see s5(2)). It does not expand or narrow those categories beyond the list in s5(2) and therefore does not change scope from the instrument's stated purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose instrument that designates specific payments as exempt (s5(1)–(2)).","Depends on an external statutory power — paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act — so interpretation ties to that Act (s3).","Uses defined terms (Act, ACT Loose‑Fill Asbestos Disease Support Payment Scheme, asbestos disease support payment) which determine scope (s4).","Enumerated categories require mapping ACT administrative payments to the listed items, which can create practical assessment steps for officials (s5(2)).","Simple commencement and administrative structure reduces procedural complexity (s2)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination treats certain lump‑sum payments from the ACT Loose‑Fill Asbestos Disease Support Payment Scheme as \"exempt lump sums\" for social security means‑testing under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act. It affects recipients of those ACT scheme payments by excluding specified payment types from income/asset assessment.\n\nThe exempt categories are listed in section 5(2) (attendant care, third‑party attendant/household services, home/vehicle modifications, funeral expenses, financial advice, and dependant lump sums), so those specific payments are not counted as assessable lump sums."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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