{"id":"F2007L02279","name":"Social Security (Payment Pending - ARO Application for Review) Guidelines 2004 (Revocation) 2007","slug":"social-security-payment-pending-aro-application-for-review-guidelines-2004-revocation-2007","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":67543,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L02279-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Payment Pending - ARO Application for Review) Guidelines 2004 (Revocation) 2007","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Payment Pending—ARO Application for Review) Guidelines 2004 (Revocation) 2007\n\nWe, MAL BROUGH, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and JULIE ISABEL BISHOP, Minister for Education, Science and Training make the following determination under section 132 of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.\n\nDated Seventeenth of July 2007.\n\nMAL BROUGH\n\nMinister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs\n\nJOE HOCKEY\n\nMinister for Employment and Workplace Relations\n\nJULIE BISHOP\n\nMinister for Education, Science and Training\n\nPart 1 Preliminary\n\n1 Name of Determination\n\nThis determination is the Social Security (Payment Pending—ARO Application for Review) Guidelines 2004 (Revocation) 2007.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\n3 Revocation\n\nThe Social Security (Payment Pending—ARO Application for Review) Guidelines 2004 are revoked.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1345},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the single function described in its title—revoking the 2004 Guidelines. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, specific purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections (Name, Commencement, Revocation)","No defined terms or interpretation sections","Single, unambiguous operative effect (revocation of one previous instrument)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or internal cross-references"],"plain_english_summary":"This legislation **cancels (revokes) the 2004 guidelines** that decided when people could keep receiving Centrelink payments while waiting for an internal review of their case by an Administrative Review Officer (ARO).\n\n**What it does:**\n- Removes the previous rules about \"payment pending\" (continuing payments during a review) for ARO applications\n- Once revoked, the 2004 guidelines no longer apply, meaning decisions about payments during reviews will follow different rules (likely newer guidelines or the default provisions of the Social Security Act)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- People who had applied for an internal review of their Centrelink decisions\n- Centrelink staff administering payment continuation during review processes\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is an administrative housekeeping measure that removes outdated guidelines, ensuring that decisions about whether people continue receiving payments during reviews are made under current rules rather than superseded 2004 procedures."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-payment-pending-aro-application-for-review-guidelines-2004-revocation-2007","history":"/api/acts/social-security-payment-pending-aro-application-for-review-guidelines-2004-revocation-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-payment-pending-aro-application-for-review-guidelines-2004-revocation-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-payment-pending-aro-application-for-review-guidelines-2004-revocation-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-payment-pending-aro-application-for-review-guidelines-2004-revocation-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-payment-pending-aro-application-for-review-guidelines-2004-revocation-2007/documents"}}