{"id":"F2005L01882","name":"Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme - Pflegegeld) Determination 2005 (DEWR)","slug":"social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dewr","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":36077,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L01882-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme -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 (DEWR)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Determination under section 35A\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\n# Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme—Pflegegeld) Determination 2005\n\nSocial Security Act 1991\n\nI, KEVIN JAMES ANDREWS, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, 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 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 3rd June 2005.\n\n### Kevin Andrews\n\n### Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1837},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination remains strictly limited to its original purpose: approving the specific Austrian Pflegegeld scheme. It has not expanded to cover other schemes or additional policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision containing the entire legislative effect","No definitions section or interpretive clauses","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural steps","Only one cross-reference (to section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991)","Extremely short (under 150 words of operative text)"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination approves Austria’s **Pflegegeld** scheme as an “approved personal care support scheme” under Australian social security law.\n\n**What it does**\n- **Pflegegeld** (German for “care money”) is an Austrian long-term care allowance paid to certain disabled people who need ongoing personal care. Austria established this scheme in 1993.\n- This instrument declares that Australia recognizes Pflegegeld payments for the purposes of the *Social Security Act 1991*.\n\n**Why it matters**\n- People who receive Pflegegeld from Austria can have those payments assessed under Australian rules when claiming benefits such as **Carer Payment** or the **Pension Bonus Scheme**.\n- It prevents “double-dipping” issues and ensures that receiving Austrian care support does not unfairly disqualify someone from Australian assistance (or vice versa).\n\n**Who it affects**\n- Australian residents who also receive (or plan to claim) Austria’s Pflegegeld allowance.\n- People with ties to both countries who require long-term personal care support."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dewr","history":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dewr/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dewr/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dewr/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dewr/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2005-dewr/documents"}}