{"id":"F2017L00147","name":"Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Western Australian Government Taxi Transition Adjustment Assistance Grant) Determination 2017","slug":"social-security-exempt-lump-sum-western-australian-government-taxi-transition-adjustment-assistance-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":95828,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2017L00147-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 – Western Australian Government Taxi Transition Adjustment Assistance Grant) 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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Commencement

Date/Details

1. The whole of this instrument

1 October 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 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\nEligible taxi plate owners means current holders of Perth metropolitan taxi plates purchased prior to 18 December 2015.\n\nTransition Assistance Package means a package established by the Western Australian Government to assist existing taxi and omnibus industry participants transition to the new operating environment following regulatory and policy reforms, including funds for the provision of a one-off ex-gratia lump sum payment to assist taxi plate owners adjust to a new, more competitive environment.\n\nAdjustment Assistance Grant means a payment made from the Transition Assistance Package by the Western Australian Department of Transport to eligible taxi plate owners. This grant is capped at $20 million.\n\n5 Exempt lump sum\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act, the gross amount of an Adjustment Assistance Grant made from the Transition Assistance Package is an exempt lump sum.","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"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 remains tightly focused on its original purpose. It was designed to exempt a specific Western Australian taxi industry transition grant from Centrelink income testing, and it does exactly that without expansion into broader policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 5 sections)","Only 3 defined terms in section 4","Single operative provision (section 5) with no conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references beyond the enabling provision (paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991)","Straightforward purpose: exempt one specific payment from income testing"],"plain_english_summary":"This law ensures the WA Transition Assistance/Adjustment Assistance Grant paid to eligible taxi plate owners isn’t treated as income for Centrelink means‑testing. Recipients who receive pensions or benefits (e.g. Age Pension, DSP, JobSeeker) won’t have payments reduced or cancelled because of that one‑off state grant. It protects pre‑18 Dec 2015 plate owners who qualified for the payment."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the Social Security Act's general scope. It exercises the Act's exemption power to designate a specific Western Australian one‑off payment as exempt for social security assessment, limited to the defined group of Perth taxi plate owners and subject to the stated funding cap."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive legal effect (s5): declares a specific WA grant an exempt lump sum under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.","Narrow, well‑defined beneficiary class (s4): applies only to holders of Perth metropolitan taxi plates purchased prior to 18 December 2015.","Defined funding and source (s4): grant is paid by the WA Department of Transport from a Transition Assistance Package, capped at $20 million.","Simple temporal application (s2): whole instrument commenced 1 October 2016.","Low procedural detail: instrument does not set application, verification, or interaction rules with other social security provisions—those remain governed by the Act and administering agencies.","Dependence on external administrative action: effect occurs only if and when the WA Department of Transport makes the Adjustment Assistance Grant."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination treats one‑off \"Adjustment Assistance Grants\" paid by the Western Australian Department of Transport from a Transition Assistance Package (capped at $20 million) to eligible Perth metropolitan taxi plate owners as an \"exempt lump sum\" for social security purposes under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991. It applies to plate holders who bought plates before 18 December 2015 and commenced on 1 October 2016—so the grant is disregarded in certain social security income/tests."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-western-australian-government-taxi-transition-adjustment-assistance-","history":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-western-australian-government-taxi-transition-adjustment-assistance-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-western-australian-government-taxi-transition-adjustment-assistance-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-western-australian-government-taxi-transition-adjustment-assistance-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-western-australian-government-taxi-transition-adjustment-assistance-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-exempt-lump-sum-western-australian-government-taxi-transition-adjustment-assistance-/documents"}}