{"id":"F2017L00148","name":"Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Queensland Taxi Transitional Assistance Payment) Determination 2017","slug":"social-security-exempt-lump-sum-queensland-taxi-transitional-assistance-payment-determination-2017","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":95830,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2017L00148-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Name","content":"## 1 Name\n\nThis instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Queensland Taxi Transitional Assistance Payment) Determination 2017.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Commencement","content":"## 2 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```html\n

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Date/Details

1. The whole of this instrument

20 December 2016

\n```\n\n> Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\nThis instrument is made under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n4 Definitions\n\nIn this instrument:\n\nAct means the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nQueensland Taxi Transitional Assistance Payment means a one-off lump sum payment made by the Queensland Government under the Taxi and Limousine Industry Assistance Scheme Regulation 2016 (Qld) to the holder of an appropriate taxi or limousine service licence. For the holder of more than one taxi licence, the payment is capped at $40,000.\n\n5 Exempt lump sum\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act, the gross amount of a Queensland Taxi Transitional Assistance Payment is an exempt lump sum.","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument remains tightly scoped to its original purpose. It was created specifically to exempt the Queensland Taxi Transitional Assistance Payment from Centrelink means testing, and it does exactly that with no expansion into broader policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 5 sections, approximately 200 words of substantive content)","Only 2 defined terms in the interpretation section","Single, straightforward operative provision (section 5) with no conditions or exceptions","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling provision (Social Security Act 1991, paragraph 8(11)(d))","No nested logic, temporal limitations, or operational complexities","Purpose-built for a specific, narrow factual scenario (one Queensland payment scheme)"],"plain_english_summary":"This law makes the Queensland one‑off transitional payment to taxi and limousine licence holders an “exempt lump sum” for Centrelink purposes, so that receiving it won’t be treated as income or assets that reduce or stop social security payments. \n\nIt protects affected Queensland drivers (and any Centrelink recipients who got the payment) so the assistance actually helps rather than replacing existing benefits."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"By declaring the Queensland Taxi Transitional Assistance Payment an exempt lump sum (s5) and defining that payment (s4), the instrument changes how the Social Security Act treats that specific Queensland payment: the gross amount is excluded from assessment under para 8(11)(d). The change is narrow in substance and limited to recipients of the named Queensland payment (including the $40,000 cap noted in s4)."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive change: one exemption provision (s5) keeps legal complexity low.","Short, clear definitions section (s4) limits interpretive uncertainty about the payment covered.","Cross‑jurisdictional reference to a Queensland regulation (Taxi and Limousine Industry Assistance Scheme Regulation 2016 (Qld)) requires checking an external instrument to verify eligibility and cap.","Interaction with the Social Security Act (para 8(11)(d)) requires knowledge of how ‘exempt lump sum’ operates within broader means‑testing rules.","Commencement detail (table) fixes an effective date, creating a temporal boundary for application."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares that the Queensland Taxi Transitional Assistance Payment — a one‑off, capped payment from the Queensland Government to holders of appropriate taxi or limousine licences — is an “exempt lump sum” for the purposes of the Social Security Act (see s4 and s5). That declaration excludes the gross amount of that Queensland payment from assessment under the Act’s lump‑sum exemption rule (para 8(11)(d)), so recipients do not have that payment counted in social security means tests."},"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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