{"id":"F2008L03541","name":"Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme - NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) Direct Funding Model) (DEEWR) Determination 2008","slug":"social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-nsw-department-of-ageing-disability-and-home-care-dadhc","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":120660,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L03541-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme - NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) Direct Funding Model) (DEEWR) Determination 2008","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Personal Care Support Scheme – NSW Department of Aging, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) Direct Funding Model) (DEEWR) Determination 2008\n\nI, JULIA GILLARD, Minister for Education and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make this determination under section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nDated 23 September 2008\n\nJULIA GILLARD\n\nMinister for Education\n\nMinister for Employment and Workplace Relations\n\n  \n\n1 Name of Determination\n\nThis Determination is the Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme – NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) Direct Funding Model) (DEEWR) Determination 2008.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Determination is taken to have commenced on 25 August 2008.\n\n3 Interpretation\n\nIn this Determination:\n\n> Act means the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n4 Revocation\n\nThe Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme – NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) Direct Payment Pilot Project) (DEWR) Determination 2006 is revoked.\n\n5 New South Wales Attendant Care Program Direct Funding Model is an approved scheme for the purposes of the Act\n\nThe scheme known as the Attendant Care Program Direct Funding Model administered by the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care is an approved scheme for the purposes of the Act.\n\n> Note: Paragraph 8 (8) (zi) of the Act provides that a payment towards the cost of personal care support services for the person, being a payment made under a scheme approved under section 35A, is not income for the purposes of the Act.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1332},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination maintains its original narrow scope of approving a specific NSW disability support scheme for income exemption purposes under section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 operative sections total","Single defined term ('Act')","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Straightforward declarative approval mechanism with no subsections or nested provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination declares payments under NSW’s Attendant Care Program Direct Funding Model exempt income for Centrelink, so recipients’ pensions or allowances (e.g., Disability Support Pension, Age Pension) won’t be reduced because they use these funds to pay for personal care. It applies to people in NSW managing their own attendants and replaces a 2006 pilot approval, making the exemption permanent and retrospective to 25 August 2008."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-nsw-department-of-ageing-disability-and-home-care-dadhc","history":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-nsw-department-of-ageing-disability-and-home-care-dadhc/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-nsw-department-of-ageing-disability-and-home-care-dadhc/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-nsw-department-of-ageing-disability-and-home-care-dadhc/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-nsw-department-of-ageing-disability-and-home-care-dadhc/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-nsw-department-of-ageing-disability-and-home-care-dadhc/documents"}}