{"id":"F2020L00517","name":"Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Disability Support Pension Compensation Grant Program) Determination 2020","slug":"social-security-exempt-lump-sum-disability-support-pension-compensation-grant-program-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440473,"registerId":"F2020L00517-fast-fetch-1775956080493","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Disability Support Pension Compensation Grant Program) Determination 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nSocial Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Disability Support Pension Compensation Grant Program) Determination 2020\n\nI, Andrea Wallace-Green, delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Social Services, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 24 April 2020\n\nAndrea Wallace-Green\n\nActing Branch Manager  Older Australians Branch\n\nPensions 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 sums\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Disability Support Pension Compensation Grant Program) Determination 2020.\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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\nASC means the Australian Sports Commission.\n\nDisability Support Pension Compensation Grant Program means the program under which a payment is made by the ASC to a person in respect of an amount of Disability Support Pension the person has not received as a result of travelling overseas to attend:\n\n(a) training; or\n\n(b) a competition;\n\nto prepare as a competitor for the international athletic competition known as the Paralympic Games.\n\nrelevant amount means, in relation to a person, an amount received by the person from the ASC under the Disability Support Pension Compensation Grant Program.\n\n \n\nNote: The following expression used in this instrument is defined in subsection 8(11) of the Social Security Act 1991.  \n\n(a) exempt lump sum\n\n5  Exempt lump sums\n\n  For paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act, all relevant amounts constitute a class of amounts that are exempt lump sums.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly focused on its original purpose: exempting specific compensation payments for Paralympic athletes from income testing. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the narrow policy intent of supporting disabled athletes representing Australia."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 5 sections, approximately 1 page)","Only 4 defined terms in section 4","Single operative provision (section 5) with no conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling provision (paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991)","Straightforward declaration: all relevant amounts are exempt lump sums"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination exempts compensation payments made by the Australian Sports Commission under its Disability Support Pension Compensation Grant Program from being treated as income for social security purposes. It protects Paralympic athletes who lose DSP while training or competing overseas, ensuring those compensatory payments won’t reduce or disqualify them from other Centrelink benefits."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument expands the class of amounts treated as exempt lump sums by declaring that ASC payments under the Disability Support Pension Compensation Grant Program are an \"exempt lump sum\" under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991 (see s5 and s4). Mechanically, it changes how those specific ASC payments are classified within the Act’s existing income/asset rules."},"complexity_factors":["Very short, single-purpose instrument (Operative rule in section 5).","Narrow beneficiary class defined by the ASC program and travel for Paralympic training/competition (see s4).","Legal cross‑reference to paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991 creates interpretive dependence on the Act's definition of \"exempt lump sum\" (see s3 and note in s4).","Made by a departmental delegate — straightforward administrative exercise, limited policymaking discretion (instrument header and s3).","Commencement mechanics are simple but formalised (s2).","Operational verification may require coordination between ASC payments and social security records, creating minor administrative checks for eligibility and amount verification (implied by definition of \"relevant amount\" in s4)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares that payments made by the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) under the Disability Support Pension Compensation Grant Program are \"exempt lump sums\" for the purposes of the Social Security Act 1991. The program pays amounts to people for Disability Support Pension they did not receive because they travelled overseas to train or compete for the Paralympic Games. The Department of Social Services delegate made the determination, which mechanically classifies those ASC payments as an exempt class under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-disability-support-pension-compensation-grant-program-determination-","history":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-disability-support-pension-compensation-grant-program-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-disability-support-pension-compensation-grant-program-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-disability-support-pension-compensation-grant-program-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-disability-support-pension-compensation-grant-program-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-disability-support-pension-compensation-grant-program-determination-/documents"}}