{"id":"F2015L00757","name":"Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum) (South Australian River Murray Sustainability Irrigation Industry Improvement Program) (Agriculture) Determination 2015","slug":"social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australian-river-murray-sustainability-irrigation-industry-imp","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":128579,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L00757-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum) (South Australian River Murray Sustainability Irrigation Industry Improvement Program) (Agriculture) Determination 2015","content":"![](image.001.jpeg)\n\nSocial Security (Exempt Lump Sum) (South Australian River Murray Sustainability Irrigation Industry Improvement Program) (Agriculture) Determination 2015\n\n![](image.002.png)I, Phillip Glyde, Acting Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, make the following determination under paragraph 8 (11) (d) of the Social Security Act 1991, as notionally modified by Part 5 of the Farm Household Support Act 2014.\n\nDated: 22 May 2015\n\nPhillip Glyde\n\n![](image.003.png)Acting Secretary of the Department of Agriculture\n\n![](image.004.png)1 Name of determination\n\nThis determination is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum) (South Australian River Murray Sustainability Irrigation Industry Improvement Program) (Agriculture) Determination 2015.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis determination commences on 1 July 2014.\n\n3 Exempt Lump Sums\n\n(1) For paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991, as applied and modified by Part 5 of the Farm Household Support Act 2014, a payment made under the South Australian River Murray Sustainability Irrigation Industry Improvement Program is an exempt lump sum.\n\n(2) For subsection (1), the South Australian River Murray Sustainability Irrigation Industry Improvement Program is a program that is known as the:\n\n(a) Irrigation Industry Improvement Program that is funded jointly by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environment and administered by Primary Industries and Regions South Australia on behalf of the South Australian Government.\n\n![](image.005.png)Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum) (South Australian River Murray Sustainability Irrigation Industry Improvement Program) 1 (Agriculture) Determination 2015","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2107},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination maintains its original narrow scope — exempting a specific South Australian irrigation assistance program from social security means testing. It has not expanded beyond this singular purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 3 sections)","Single, unambiguous exemption with no exceptions or conditions","Minimal cross-referencing (only cites the empowering provision)","No defined terms, procedural requirements, or administrative mechanisms"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does**\nThis determination treats payments from the South Australian River Murray Sustainability Irrigation Industry Improvement Program as **exempt lump sums** under social security law.\n\n**Why this matters**\nNormally, lump sum payments count as income or assets and can reduce (or cancel) Centrelink benefits like the pension or Farm Household Allowance. By declaring these specific irrigation payments \"exempt,\" farmers receiving government assistance to upgrade water infrastructure won't have their social security entitlements cut.\n\n**Who it affects**\nPrimary producers in South Australia who receive money under the **Irrigation Industry Improvement Program** — a water efficiency initiative jointly funded by the Australian Government and administered by the South Australian Government.\n\n**In simple terms**\nIf you're a farmer in SA getting a lump sum to buy new irrigation equipment or improve water efficiency, this ensures Centrelink ignores that money when calculating your benefits."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australian-river-murray-sustainability-irrigation-industry-imp","history":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australian-river-murray-sustainability-irrigation-industry-imp/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australian-river-murray-sustainability-irrigation-industry-imp/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australian-river-murray-sustainability-irrigation-industry-imp/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australian-river-murray-sustainability-irrigation-industry-imp/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-south-australian-river-murray-sustainability-irrigation-industry-imp/documents"}}