{"id":"F2005L01880","name":"Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme - Pflegegeld) Determination 2005 (DEST)","slug":"social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dest","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":36075,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L01880-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme - Pflegegeld) Determination 2005 (DEST)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Personal Care Support Scheme — Pflegegeld) Determination 2005[\\[1\\]](#_ftn1)\n\nI, BRENDAN NELSON, Minister for Education, Science and Training, acting under section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991, determine, with effect from 17 December 2004, that the scheme for the provision of personal care support known as Pfegegeld (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 20th June 2005.\n\nBrendan Nelson\n\nMinister for Education Science and Training\n\n---\n\n[\\[1\\]](#_ftnref1) This instrument has effect in relation to provisions of the Social Security Act 1991 in so far as they relate to matters for which the Department of Education, Science and Training has responsibility under the Administrative Arrangements Order made on 16 December 2004.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1273},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly focused on its original purpose: approving the specific Austrian Pflegegeld scheme for the purposes of the Social Security Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (one paragraph)","No defined terms or interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislative instruments","Straightforward declaratory language with no conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination formally recognises Austria’s Pflegegeld (long‑term care allowance) under Australia’s Social Security Act.  \n\nThat matters to Australians who lived or worked in Austria and receive (or may claim) Pflegegeld, because approved foreign payments are generally excluded when calculating Australian pensions and benefits, helping prevent your Austrian care allowance from reducing Centrelink entitlements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dest","history":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dest/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dest/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dest/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dest/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dest/documents"}}