{"id":"F2025L01457","name":"Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – South Australia Taxi Industry Reform Package Payment) Determination 2025","slug":"social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-payment-determination-2","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":107463,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2025L01457-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – South Australia Taxi Industry Reform Package Payment) Determination 2025.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 Commencement\n\n 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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1. The whole of this instrument

The day after this instrument is registered.

\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 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definition","content":"#### 4 Definition\n\n In this instrument:\n Taxi Industry Reform Package payment means a one-off lump sum payment of $10,000 made to eligible metropolitan taxi licence holders by the South Australian Government pursuant to the prescribed scheme established under section 52AB of the Passenger Transport Act 1994 (SA).","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Exempt lump sum","content":"#### 5 Exempt lump sum\n\n For the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991, the amount of a Taxi Industry Reform Package 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 precisely matches its original intent. It is a narrow, technical determination that does exactly what its title suggests: exempt one specific payment from social security means testing. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the stated purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections across 2 pages","Single defined term ('Taxi Industry Reform Package payment') with a straightforward definition","No cross-references beyond the enabling provision (Social Security Act 1991, paragraph 8(11)(d))","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Operative provision (section 5) is a single sentence with direct effect","Standard commencement table using template language"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination makes a one‑off $10,000 payment from the South Australian Government to metropolitan taxi licence holders completely invisible to Centrelink when assessing social security — it won’t count as income or assets or reduce benefits. It protects licence holders who receive state compensation after taxi industry reform from losing or having their federal payments reduced."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument narrowly adds a specific classification (exempt lump sum) for a named South Australian one‑off payment. It does not expand or limit the broader exemption framework in the Social Security Act beyond applying that existing exemption mechanism to this particular payment."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow subject matter: single specified payment and single legal effect (exempt lump sum) (see ss4–5).","Straightforward cross-reference to Commonwealth law: relies on paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991 (see s3 and s5).","Dependency on an external state scheme for eligibility and payment delivery—verification and administrative coordination required between South Australia and Commonwealth agencies (see s4 definition).","Low regulatory drafting complexity but material administrative effect for means-tested benefit assessments (implementation burden on agencies to record exemption).","Clear commencement timing rule: proceeds the day after registration (see s2 commencement table)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination declares the South Australian Government’s one‑off $10,000 Taxi Industry Reform Package payment to eligible metropolitan taxi licence holders to be an ‘exempt lump sum’ for Commonwealth social security means tests. It means recipients do not have that payment counted as income or assets for assessing certain Centrelink payments under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-payment-determination-2","history":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-payment-determination-2/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-payment-determination-2/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-payment-determination-2/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-payment-determination-2/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-payment-determination-2/documents"}}