{"id":"F2013L02152","name":"Social Security (Personal Care Support) (NSW Government Individual Budgets: Direct Payments) Determination 2013","slug":"social-security-personal-care-support-nsw-government-individual-budgets-direct-payments-determinatio","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":128276,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L02152-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Personal Care Support) (NSW Government Individual Budgets: Direct Payments) Determination 2013","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Personal Care Support) (NSW Government Individual Budgets: Direct Payments) Determination 2013\n\nSocial Security Act 1991\n\nI, KEVIN ANDREWS, Minister for Social Services, make this determination under section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nDated: 17 December 2013\n\nKevin Andrews\n\nMinister for Social Services\n\n1 Name of determination\n\nThis determination is the Social Security (Personal Care Support) (NSW Government Individual Budgets: Direct Payments) Determination 2013.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis determination commences on the day after registration.\n\n3 Personal care support scheme\n\nThe scheme for the provision of personal care support known as the Individual Budgets: Direct Payments scheme (established by the New South Wales Government Department of Family and Community Services) is an approved scheme for the purposes of the Social Security Act 1991.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1017},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination maintains its original narrow purpose of approving a specific NSW disability support scheme for income test exemption purposes under the Social Security Act 1991. There is no evidence of scope expansion beyond the simple approval mechanism contemplated by section 35A."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections","No defined terms or interpretation provisions","Single, unqualified approval with no conditions or exceptions","No cross-references beyond the enabling section (s35A)","Extremely narrow, specific purpose instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination approves a New South Wales disability support scheme for Centrelink purposes.\n\n**What it does:**\n- It declares that the NSW **Individual Budgets: Direct Payments scheme** (run by the Department of Family and Community Services) is an \"approved scheme\" under the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Normally, if you receive money from a government scheme, Centrelink might count it as income and reduce your social security payments (like the Disability Support Pension or JobSeeker Payment).\n- Because this scheme is now \"approved,\" payments you receive for personal care support under this NSW program are **disregarded** when Centrelink calculates your income. You get to keep both your state disability support and your federal Centrelink benefits without one reducing the other.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- People with disabilities in NSW who receive direct payments under the Individual Budgets scheme and also claim Commonwealth social security benefits."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-nsw-government-individual-budgets-direct-payments-determinatio","history":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-nsw-government-individual-budgets-direct-payments-determinatio/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-nsw-government-individual-budgets-direct-payments-determinatio/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-nsw-government-individual-budgets-direct-payments-determinatio/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-nsw-government-individual-budgets-direct-payments-determinatio/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-nsw-government-individual-budgets-direct-payments-determinatio/documents"}}