{"id":"F2020L01500","name":"Social Security (Qualifying Agricultural Work) Determination 2020","slug":"social-security-qualifying-agricultural-work-determination-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440683,"registerId":"F2020L01500-fast-fetch-1775956234442","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Qualifying Agricultural Work) Determination 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nSocial Security (Qualifying Agricultural Work) Determination 2020\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nI, Kathryn Campbell, Secretary of the Department of Social Services, make the following Determination under subsection 1067A(16) of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nDated 26 November 2020  \n\nKathryn Campbell AO CSC\n\nSecretary\n\nDepartment of Social Services\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Kinds of work that are qualifying agricultural work\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Social Security (Qualifying Agricultural Work) Determination 2020.\n\n2  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 \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument. The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 1067A(16) of the \n\n  Social Security Act 1991.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n5  Kinds of work that are qualifying agricultural work\n\nFor the definition of qualifying agricultural work in subsection 1067A(15) of the Act, each of the following kinds of work are determined:\n\n1.                      harvesting fruit or vegetable crops;\n2.                      packing fruit or vegetable crops;\n\n\n (c) pruning or trimming vines and trees directly associated with the cultivation and commercial sale of plant produce;\n\n (d) general maintenance crop work;\n\n (e) cultivating or propagating plants, fungi or their products or parts;\n\n (f) immediate processing of plant products;\n\n (g) maintaining animals for the purpose of selling them or their bodily produce, including natural increase;\n\n (h) immediate processing of animal products, including shearing, butchery, packing and tanning, but not including secondary processing; and\n\n (i) manufacturing dairy produce from raw material.\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument defines which kinds of work count for the definition of qualifying agricultural work in subsection 1067A(15) of the Social Security Act 1991 (see s5). The text contains no provision indicating a change to its original scope; the commencement table notes it relates to the instrument as originally made (see s2)."},"complexity_factors":["Direct, enumerated list of qualifying activities reduces legislative complexity (see s5).","Cross-reference to the Social Security Act 1991 and its subsections requires reading the primary Act to understand full legal effect (see s3; relates to subsection 1067A(15)).","Several terms are open to factual or legal interpretation (e.g. “immediate processing”, “secondary processing”, “general maintenance crop work”), which raises interpretive complexity when applied (see s5 items d, f, h).","Implementation requires administrative factual determinations by the Department and claimants to show whether work fits listed categories, creating a verification/compliance burden (implicit in the instrument's purpose and s5).","Formal commencement and instrument-making mechanics are standard but require attention to effective dates in administrative use (see s2)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination lists the specific kinds of work that count as “qualifying agricultural work” under the Social Security Act 1991, so those activities will be treated as meeting the Act’s statutory definition. Made by the Secretary of the Department of Social Services, it directly affects workers and administrators who must treat only the listed activities as qualifying when assessing entitlements, creating a factual verification task for claims (see s3, s5)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the function authorised by subsection 1067A(16) of the Social Security Act 1991: specifying what constitutes 'qualifying agricultural work' for the independence test. The scope remains tightly confined to this definitional purpose with no expansion beyond the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 short sections with minimal text","Single operative provision (section 5) containing a simple enumerated list","Only 1 defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling provision","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward declaratory language ('each of the following kinds of work are determined')"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short legal document that defines what counts as \"qualifying agricultural work\" for a specific social security benefit. It matters for people who need to prove they've done farm work to qualify for certain payments (like Youth Allowance for students who need to show they're independent from their parents). The Secretary of the Department of Social Services has listed nine specific types of work that count: harvesting and packing fruit and vegetables; pruning vines and trees for commercial plant sales; general crop maintenance; growing plants or fungi; immediate processing of plant products; looking after animals for sale or their products (like wool or milk); immediate processing of animal products like shearing or butchery (but not factory-style secondary processing); and making dairy products from raw milk."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-qualifying-agricultural-work-determination-2020","history":"/api/acts/social-security-qualifying-agricultural-work-determination-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-qualifying-agricultural-work-determination-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-qualifying-agricultural-work-determination-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-qualifying-agricultural-work-determination-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-qualifying-agricultural-work-determination-2020/documents"}}