{"id":"F2026L00351","name":"Social Security (Personal Care Support) (ACT Lifetime Care and Support Scheme) Determination 2026","slug":"social-security-personal-care-support-act-lifetime-care-and-support-scheme-determination-2026","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":107950,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2026L00351-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Social Security (Personal Care Support) (ACT Lifetime Care and Support Scheme) Determination 2026.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","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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1. The whole of this instrument

The day after this instrument is registered.

\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 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Schedules","content":"#### 4 Schedules\n\n Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its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.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Personal care support scheme","content":"#### 5 Personal care support scheme\n\n The Lifetime Care and Support Scheme, established under the Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries) Act 2014 (ACT), is an approved scheme for the provision of personal care support for the purposes of section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n \n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nSocial Security (ACT Lifetime Care and Support Scheme) Determination 2015\n\n1 The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.","sortOrder":4}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains the exact same scope as its predecessor. It performs the same function as the 2015 Determination it replaces — approving the ACT Lifetime Care and Support Scheme for social security purposes. There is no expansion of scope; it is a direct replacement to ensure continuity of coverage under the Social Security Act 1991."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 5 substantive sections plus a repeal schedule)","Single operative provision (section 5) containing the actual approval","No defined terms section","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Straightforward repeal of a single previous instrument in Schedule 1","Standard commencement table using standard legislative template"],"plain_english_summary":"The law formally approves the ACT’s Lifetime Care and Support Scheme so its personal care payments won’t automatically count against Commonwealth social security. It affects Canberrans with catastrophic injuries who rely on ACT support and Centrelink benefits.\n\nThis replaces the 2015 approval, preserving access to both ACT care payments and federal benefits without unfair reductions."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument replaces and repeals the earlier 2015 Determination (Schedule 1) while continuing to approve the ACT Lifetime Care and Support Scheme as an approved source of personal care support under s35A of the Social Security Act (section 5). The text shows no expansion of eligibility criteria or functions beyond re-authorising that approval; the change is one of replacement and formal recognition rather than broadened scope."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with a single substantive designation and a repeal (sections 1, 5; Schedule 1).","Cross-reference to federal Social Security Act, requiring interpretation of s35A (authority for the instrument) (section 3).","Inter-jurisdictional recognition: federal instrument approves a scheme established by ACT legislation (references to ACT Lifetime Care and Support (Catastrophic Injuries) Act 2014) (section 5).","Administrative commencement timing requires agency action on registration (section 2).","Repeal of the 2015 Determination requires administrative updating and recordkeeping (Schedule 1)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument approves the ACT Lifetime Care and Support Scheme as an approved provider of personal care support under section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991 and repeals the 2015 Determination. It commences the day after registration. Mechanically, it requires social security law to recognise care supplied under the ACT scheme as approved personal care support (s5), placing the recognition decision on the Social Security Act authority referenced in the instrument (s3)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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