{"id":"F2007B00100","name":"Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme — Pflegegeld) Determination 2004","slug":"social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2004","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":61773,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00100-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme — Pflegegeld) Determination 2004","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Personal Care Support Scheme — Pflegegeld) Determination 2004\n\nSocial Security Act 1991\n\nI, KAY CHRISTINE LESLEY PATTERSON, Minister for Family and Community Services, acting under section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991, determine that the scheme for the provision of personal care support known as Pflegegeld (being the scheme of that name established by the Republic of Austria with effect on 1 July 1993 under which an allowance for long-term care is paid to certain disabled persons) is an approved scheme for the purposes of that Act.\n\nDated 17 December 2004\n\nKAY PATTERSON\n\nMinister for Family and Community Services\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1818},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves its original narrow purpose of approving a specific Austrian social security scheme for treatment under Australian income tests. It has not expanded beyond this single recognition function."},"complexity_factors":["single declarative provision","no defined terms or interpretation section","no conditions, exceptions, or procedural requirements","no internal cross-references"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination approves an Austrian disability support payment called **Pflegegeld** for special treatment under Australian social security rules.\n\n**What it does**\nIt declares that Pflegegeld (an Austrian long-term care allowance paid to certain disabled people since 1993) is an 'approved personal care support scheme' under the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n**Why this matters**\nWhen a foreign scheme is 'approved' under Australian law, payments received from that scheme are usually treated more favourably when Centrelink calculates your income. This typically means the Pflegegeld payments may be partially or fully exempt from the income test that determines how much Australian pension or allowance you receive.\n\n**Who is affected**\nThis matters for people living in Australia (or claiming Australian benefits) who receive Pflegegeld payments from Austria, ensuring they don't face unfair penalties under Australia's means-testing arrangements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2004","history":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2004/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2004/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2004/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2004/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2004/documents"}}