{"id":"F2007B00103","name":"Social Security Exempt Lump Sum Determination No. 2 of 2004 (FACS)","slug":"social-security-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-2-of-2004-facs","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":61779,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00103-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security Exempt Lump Sum Determination No. 2 of 2004 (FACS)","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: Exempt Lump Sum Determination No 2 of 2004\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nSocial Security Act 1991\n\n# Social Security Exempt Lump Sum  Determination No. 2 of 2004\n\nI, Alex Dolan, Assistant Secretary, Seniors and Means Test Branch and a delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Family and Community Services, make this determination under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nDated 4 June 2004.\n\nAlex Dolan\n\nAssistant Secretary, Seniors and Means Test Branch\n\n \n\nPart 1 Preliminary\n\n1 Name of determination\n\n This determination is the Social Security Exempt Lump Sum Determination No. 2 of 2004.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n This determination commences on 1 July 2004.\n\n3 Interpretation\n\n In this determination:\n\n Act means the Social Security Act 1991;\n\n comparable foreign payment has the same meaning as under the Act.\n\n### Part 2 Exempt Lump Sums\n\n4 Amount or class of amounts\n\n(1) Paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act provides that the Secretary may determine that an amount or class of amounts paid to a person, is an exempt lump sum.\n\n(2) If section 1228A of the Act applies to a person, then any amount paid to the person, or to the person’s partner if the person is a member of a couple, by way of a payment of arrears of a comparable foreign payment, is an exempt lump sum.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2170},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This standalone determination maintains its original narrow scope of exempting arrears of comparable foreign payments from social security income testing. There is no evidence of scope creep beyond the initial policy intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections with minimal text","Conditional application dependent on external statutory provision (s 1228A Social Security Act 1991)","Defined terms reference parent Act rather than standalone definitions","Single purpose instrument with no exceptions or nested conditions"],"plain_english_summary":"This rule directs Centrelink to ignore lump-sum arrears paid by foreign social security systems when testing income for Australian benefits. It affects Australians (and their partners) on pensions or other social security who receive back-payments from overseas governments, preventing those delayed foreign payments from unfairly reducing or cancelling their Australian benefits."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-2-of-2004-facs","history":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-2-of-2004-facs/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-2-of-2004-facs/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-2-of-2004-facs/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-2-of-2004-facs/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-2-of-2004-facs/documents"}}