{"id":"F2004B00326","name":"Social Security (Family Actual Means Test) Repeal Regulations 2004","slug":"social-security-family-actual-means-test-repeal-regulations-2004","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"297 of 2004","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31357,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2004B00326-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Family Actual Means Test) Repeal Regulations 2004","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Family Actual Means Test) Repeal Regulations 2004\n\nStatutory Rules 2004 No. 2971\n\nI, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.\n\nDated 31 August 2004\n\nP. M. JEFFERY\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nKAY PATTERSON\n\nMinister for Family and Community Services\n\n1 Name of Regulations\n\nThese Regulations are the Social Security (Family Actual Means Test) Repeal Regulations 2004.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations commence on the date of their notification in the Gazette.\n\n3 Social Security (Family Actual Means Test) Regulations 1998 — repeal\n\nThe following Statutory Rules are repealed:\n\n 1998 No. 159\n\n 1999 No. 340.\n\nNote\n\n> Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 September 2004.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2306},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation precisely fulfills its stated purpose of repealing the Family Actual Means Test Regulations without expanding beyond this remit."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 3 operative sections","No defined terms, interpretation provisions, or schedules","Single, unambiguous action (repeal of two specified instruments)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation abolishes the intrusive \"Family Actual Means Test\" by repealing the old rules that forced families to prove every cash flow when students applied for Youth Allowance or ABSTUDY. It affects parents and carers of student applicants, removing invasive demands for bank statements and forensic accounting. The change replaces that extra scrutiny with the simpler, standard income tests, cutting red tape and privacy intrusions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-family-actual-means-test-repeal-regulations-2004","history":"/api/acts/social-security-family-actual-means-test-repeal-regulations-2004/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-family-actual-means-test-repeal-regulations-2004/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-family-actual-means-test-repeal-regulations-2004/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-family-actual-means-test-repeal-regulations-2004/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-family-actual-means-test-repeal-regulations-2004/documents"}}