{"id":"F2017L00152","name":"Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme – Pflegegeld) Determination 2017","slug":"social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2017","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":95838,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2017L00152-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1. Name of determination","sectionType":"division","heading":"1. Name of determination","content":"### 1. Name of determination\n\nThis instrument is the Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme – Pflegegeld) Determination 2017.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2. Commencement","sectionType":"division","heading":"2. Commencement","content":"### 2. Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n```html\n

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Commencement

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1. The whole of this instrument

The day after this instrument is registered.

\n```\n\n> Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3. Revocation","sectionType":"division","heading":"3. Revocation","content":"### 3. Revocation\n\nThis instrument revokes the Social Security (Personal Care Scheme – Pflegegeld) Determination 2004.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4. Personal care support scheme","sectionType":"division","heading":"4. Personal care support scheme","content":"### 4. Personal care support scheme\n\n(1) The scheme for the provision of personal care support known as Pflegegeld is an approved scheme for the purposes of section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n(2) In this instrument, Pflegegeld means 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.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument replaces the 2004 determination and reconfirms approval of Austria’s Pflegegeld as an approved scheme under section 35A. It does not, on its face, expand or narrow the stated approval or change the defined scope of the Pflegegeld scheme compared with simply recognising that overseas allowance."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-reference to section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991 (legal dependency on primary legislation).","Revocation of an earlier instrument (ties to prior regulatory framework).","Definition relies on an overseas scheme established under foreign law (potential need to verify foreign entitlement rules).","Commencement timing specified via registration (administrative timing consideration).","Very short, single-purpose instrument reduces interpretive complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares Austria’s Pflegegeld (an allowance for long‑term care paid to certain disabled people) an approved personal care support scheme for the purposes of section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991. It revokes the earlier 2004 determination and commences the day after registration. It matters because it formally recognises that overseas allowance for Australian social security purposes, affecting Pflegegeld recipients and the Department’s entitlement calculations under section 35A."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward remake of an existing determination. The 2017 instrument replaces the 2004 version but performs the identical function: approving the same Austrian scheme under the same provision of the Social Security Act. There is no expansion of scope — it remains a narrow, technical instrument for international social security coordination."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument — only 4 operative sections","Only 1 defined term ('Pflegegeld') in section 4(2)","No cross-references to other legislation beyond a single mention of Social Security Act 1991, section 35A","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward revocation of single predecessor instrument","Standard commencement table using template language"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument approves Austria’s Pflegegeld (a long‑term care allowance) as an “approved scheme” under section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991. \n\nThat means Australian residents who receive Pflegegeld — and the agencies that assess social security — can have those payments treated differently for income‑testing, preventing Austrian disability support from unfairly reducing Australian benefits. It replaces the 2004 determination."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2017","history":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-personal-care-support-scheme-pflegegeld-determination-2017/documents"}}