{"id":"F2026L00253","name":"Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – South Australia Taxi Industry Reform Package Prescribed Compensation Payment) Determination 2026","slug":"social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-prescribed-compensation","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443190,"registerId":"F2026L00253-fast-fetch-1775958097412","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – South Australia Taxi Industry Reform Package Prescribed Compensation Payment) Determination 2026","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-keywords: \"[SEC=OFFICIAL]\"\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nSocial Security (Exempt Lump Sum – South Australia Taxi Industry Reform Package Prescribed Compensation Payment) Determination 2026\n\nI, Kirsty Johnson, delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Social Services, make the following determination.\n\nDated  13.03.2026  \n\n \n\nKirsty Johnson\n\nBranch Manager, Payment Structures and Seniors Branch\n\nDelegate of the Secretary of the Department of Social Services\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Schedules\n\n5  Definitions\n\n6  Exempt lump sum\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nSocial Security (Exempt Lump Sum – South Australia Taxi Industry Assistance Package Payment) Determination 2017\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – South Australia Taxi Industry Reform Package Prescribed Compensation Payment) Determination 2026.\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whole of this instrument 4 December 2025.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n5  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nprescribed compensation amount has the same meaning as in the prescribed scheme.\n\nprescribed scheme means the prescribed scheme established under section 52AB of the Passenger Transport Act 1994 (SA) as in force at 4 December 2025.\n\nTaxi Industry Reform Package prescribed compensation payment means a payment of a prescribed compensation amount made to eligible metropolitan taxi licence holders by the South Australian Government pursuant to the prescribed scheme.\n\n6  Exempt lump sum\n\n  For the purpose of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991, a Taxi Industry Reform Package prescribed compensation payment is an exempt lump sum.\n\n \n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nSocial Security (Exempt Lump Sum – South Australia Taxi Industry Assistance Package Payment) Determination 2017\n\n1  The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument repeals the 2017 determination and restates the exemption tied to the South Australian \"prescribed scheme\" as it stood on 4 December 2025. That replacement updates the instrument’s name, temporal reference and explicitly links the exempt status to payments made to eligible metropolitan taxi licence holders under the Taxi Industry Reform Package."},"complexity_factors":["Simple, narrow legal effect: designates a specific class of payments as an exempt lump sum under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.","Cross-jurisdictional reference: relies on the South Australian Passenger Transport Act 1994 (s52AB) and the externally defined ‘prescribed scheme’ for eligibility and quantum.","Temporal specificity: ties the exemption to the prescribed scheme \"as in force at 4 December 2025\", creating a fixed legal snapshot.","Delegated instrument mechanics: made by a delegate of the Secretary, so interpretation and administrative application rest with the Department of Social Services.","Repeal of prior instrument: removes the 2017 determination and replaces it with updated naming/definitions.","Operational dependency: practical application requires coordination between Commonwealth social security administration and South Australian payment records to identify exempt payments."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares that compensation paid by the South Australian Government under the Taxi Industry Reform Package is an \"exempt lump sum\" for the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991. It covers prescribed compensation amounts paid to eligible metropolitan taxi licence holders under the South Australian prescribed scheme as in force on 4 December 2025 and repeals the earlier 2017 determination it replaces."},"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 legislation maintains its original narrow purpose: exempting specific South Australian taxi industry compensation payments from income testing. The 2026 determination simply updates the reference from the 2017 'Assistance Package' to the 2025 'Reform Package' under the same state legislative framework. No expansion of scope or beneficiaries."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (6 substantive sections plus a repeal schedule)","Only 3 defined terms, all straightforward cross-references to South Australian state law","Single operative provision (section 6) with no conditions, exceptions, or nested logic","No cross-references to other Commonwealth legislation beyond the empowering provision (Social Security Act 1991, paragraph 8(11)(d))","Mechanical repeal of a single predecessor instrument in Schedule 1"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination ensures lump-sum compensation paid to eligible South Australian metropolitan taxi licence holders under the Taxi Industry Reform Package is excluded from income assessments for Centrelink social security payments. Affected taxi licence holders (and any recipients of Age Pension, DSP, JobSeeker, etc.) won’t have their fortnightly payments reduced or cancelled because of this compensation. It replaces the prior 2017 determination tied to the earlier assistance package."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-prescribed-compensation","history":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-prescribed-compensation/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-prescribed-compensation/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-prescribed-compensation/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-prescribed-compensation/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australia-taxi-industry-reform-package-prescribed-compensation/documents"}}