{"id":"F2017L00277","name":"Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Retta Dixon Home Settlement Payment) Determination 2017","slug":"social-security-exempt-lump-sum-retta-dixon-home-settlement-payment-determination-2017","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":95987,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2017L00277-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 – Retta Dixon Home Settlement 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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\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 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Authority","content":"## 3 Authority\n\nThis instrument is made under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Definitions","content":"## 4 Definitions\n\nIn this instrument:\n\nAct means the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nRetta Dixon Home Settlement Payment means a payment made from the Deed of Settlement between John Gordon and other claimants, the Commonwealth of Australia, Donald Bruce Henderson and Australian Indigenous Ministries Pty Ltd (ACN 002 013 658), document number 21254502, first signed 8 March 2017.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Exempt lump sum","content":"## 5 Exempt lump sum\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act, the gross amount of a Retta Dixon Home Settlement Payment is an exempt lump sum.","sortOrder":4}],"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 instrument maintains its original narrow scope. It was always intended to be a one-off determination for a specific settlement payment, and it remains precisely that. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond the Retta Dixon Home settlement."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 sections spanning 2 pages","Only 2 defined terms ('Act' and 'Retta Dixon Home Settlement Payment')","Single operative provision (section 5) with no conditions, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the empowering provision","No nested logic or temporal limitations","Purpose-built for a single, specific historical event with no broader application"],"plain_english_summary":"This law ensures lump-sum compensation paid under the 8 March 2017 Deed of Settlement to survivors of the Retta Dixon Home (and their estates) is ignored for Centrelink income and assets tests. \n\nThat means Age Pension, Disability Support Pension, JobSeeker and similar payments won’t be reduced or cancelled because of these settlement payouts — preserving survivors’ financial support."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument is narrowly scoped: it designates only the gross amount of the Retta Dixon Home Settlement Payment (as defined in s 4) as an exempt lump sum under the Act (s 5) and sets commencement mechanics (s 2). It does not extend the exemption to other payments."},"complexity_factors":["Single, narrowly focused operative provision (s 5) limiting scope to one payment","Relies on external statutory authority: paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991 (s 3)","Defines payment by reference to a specific Deed of Settlement (s 4) — verifying the source may require document checking","Commencement tied to Federal Register registration (s 2) — timing dependent on administrative step","Minimal compliance burden and few affected persons; administrative implementation by the Department"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares that the gross amount of the Retta Dixon Home Settlement Payment is an \"exempt lump sum\" for social security purposes (s 5), made under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991 (s 3). That means recipients do not have that payment counted as income or an asset for social security assessment, and the Department must apply the exemption from the instrument’s commencement (s 2)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-retta-dixon-home-settlement-payment-determination-2017","history":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-retta-dixon-home-settlement-payment-determination-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-retta-dixon-home-settlement-payment-determination-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-retta-dixon-home-settlement-payment-determination-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-retta-dixon-home-settlement-payment-determination-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-retta-dixon-home-settlement-payment-determination-2017/documents"}}