{"id":"F2018L01057","name":"Social Security (Personal Care Support – Italian Invalidity Attendance Allowance) Determination 2018","slug":"social-security-personal-care-support-italian-invalidity-attendance-allowance-determination-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":97766,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L01057-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","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 – Italian Invalidity Attendance Allowance) Determination 2018.","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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\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 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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":"Revocation","content":"#### 4 Revocation\n\n> This instrument revokes the Social Security Act 1991 – Notice under section 35A – Instrument 97/33.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Personal care support scheme","content":"#### 5 Personal care support scheme\n\n The Indennità di accompagnamento (Italian Invalidity Attendance Allowance) provided by the Italian Instituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale (National Social Security Institute) is an approved scheme for the purposes of section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991.","sortOrder":4}],"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 instrument performs exactly the narrow function intended by section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991: approving a specific foreign personal care support scheme. It has not expanded beyond this original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 5 sections, approximately 250 words of substantive content)","Single operative provision (section 5) containing the entire substantive effect","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering provision (section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward revocation of a single predecessor instrument","Standard commencement table using standard legislative template"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument approves Italy’s Indennità di accompagnamento (INPS Invalidity Attendance Allowance) as an “approved” personal care support scheme under Australia’s Social Security Act 1991. \n\nThat means Australians receiving this Italian disability attendance payment will have it treated under the more favourable rules for personal care support schemes — affecting Centrelink assessments and helping protect eligibility for Australian pensions and benefits."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The instrument revokes an earlier notice (section 4) and expressly approves the Italian Indennità di accompagnamento as a scheme for the purposes of s35A (section 5), thereby altering the set of foreign benefits recognised under the Social Security Act for personal care support purposes."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose, short instrument that approves one named foreign benefit (section 5)","Revokes a prior notice, so it replaces earlier administrative position (section 4)","Commencement is immediate (day after registration), giving limited implementation lead time (section 2)","Made under a specific power in the Social Security Act 1991 (section 3) — interaction with primary legislation","Cross-border recognition requires administrative matching of a foreign benefit to Australian statutory categories (practical implementation burden)","Affects a discrete class of recipients (concentrated benefits) with administrative costs falling on the department to apply the approval"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares the Italian Indennità di accompagnamento (the INPS Invalidity Attendance Allowance) an \"approved scheme\" for the purposes of section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991, and revokes an earlier notice. It commences the day after registration. Who decides: the instrument is made under s35A (section 3). Who pays: the allowance is provided by the Italian Instituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale (INPS). Why it matters: it changes how that foreign attendance allowance is treated in Australian personal care support assessments, affecting eligibility and offsets."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-italian-invalidity-attendance-allowance-determination-2018","history":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-italian-invalidity-attendance-allowance-determination-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-italian-invalidity-attendance-allowance-determination-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-italian-invalidity-attendance-allowance-determination-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-italian-invalidity-attendance-allowance-determination-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-italian-invalidity-attendance-allowance-determination-2018/documents"}}