{"id":"F2017L00958","name":"Social Security (Personal Care Support – National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland) Determination 2017","slug":"social-security-personal-care-support-national-injury-insurance-scheme-queensland-determination-2017","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":96852,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2017L00958-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Personal Care Support – National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland) Determination 2017","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Personal Care Support – National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland) Determination 2017\n\nSocial Security Act 1991\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nI, Christian Porter, Minister for Social Services, make the following Determination.\n\nDated: 18 July 2017\n\nChristian Porter\n\nMinister for Social Services\n\n1. Name of determination\n\nThis determination is the Social Security (Personal Care Support – National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland) Determination 2017.\n\n2. 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

1 July 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 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n4. Personal care support scheme\n\n(1) The scheme for the provision of personal care support known as the National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland is an approved scheme for the purposes of section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n(2) In this determination, the National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland means the fully-funded, no-fault lifetime care and support scheme for people with catastrophic injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents, consistent with national agreed minimum benchmarks, which was established by commencement of the National Injury Insurance Scheme (Queensland) Act 2016 on 1 July 2016.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not expand or narrow the NIISQ itself; it formally approves and defines the NIISQ for the purposes of section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991 and records its commencement date as 1 July 2016. The instrument's effect is to place the NIISQ within the Social Security Act’s framework for approved personal care support (see ss 2, 3, 4)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose instrument: simply approves and defines a scheme rather than creating detailed rules (see ss 1, 4).","Legal cross-references: effect depends on interaction with Social Security Act 1991 (s 35A) and the National Injury Insurance Scheme (Queensland) Act 2016 — requires reading multiple statutes to assess full impact (see ss 3–4).","Retroactive commencement: the determination takes effect from 1 July 2016, so temporal alignment with the NIISQ commencement is important for administration and record‑keeping (see s 2 table).","Administrative discretion concentrated at ministerial level: instrument is made by the Minister for Social Services and gives effect by that determination mechanism (instrument signed by Minister).","Low direct compliance burden in text: the instrument does not set operational eligibility or payment mechanics itself, so compliance and practical effects flow from the approved scheme’s rules and Social Security Act application (see s 4(1)–(2))."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Minister for Social Services, declares the National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland (NIISQ) an approved 'personal care support' scheme under section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991, effective 1 July 2016. It defines NIISQ as a fully‑funded, no‑fault, lifetime care and support scheme for people with catastrophic injuries from motor vehicle accidents, and therefore brings that scheme within the Social Security Act’s framework for approved personal care support."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument remains tightly focused on its original purpose: approving the Queensland National Injury Insurance Scheme as a recognised scheme under federal social security law. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with only 4 substantive sections","No defined terms section beyond the single definition in section 4(2)","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering provision (section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991)","Simple declarative structure: one approval, one definition","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single purpose instrument with straightforward commencement provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument declares Queensland’s National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIISQ) an “approved” personal care support scheme under federal social security law (s.35A), recognising it as a fully funded, no‑fault lifetime care and support scheme for people with catastrophic motor‑vehicle injuries operating from 1 July 2016. This affects Queensland injury recipients and Centrelink administrators because approval determines how state support interacts with eligibility and payment amounts for federal social security benefits."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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