{"id":"F2007L04984","name":"Social Security (Top Up of Pension Bonus — Specified Circumstances) Determination 2007","slug":"social-security-top-up-of-pension-bonus-specified-circumstances-determination-2007","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":71825,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L04984-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Top Up of Pension Bonus — Specified Circumstances) Determination 2007","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Top Up of Pension Bonus — Specified Circumstances) Determination 2007\n\nSocial Security Act 1991\n\nI, JEFF HARMER, Secretary of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, make this Determination under subsection 93L (6) of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nDated 20th December 2007\n\nJ Harmer\n\nSecretary of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs\n\n1 Name of Determination\n\nThis Determination is the Social Security (Top Up of Pension Bonus — Specified Circumstances) Determination 2007.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Determination commences on 1 January 2008.\n\n3 Definition\n\nIn this Determination:\n\n> Act means the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n4 Specified circumstance\n\nFor paragraph 93L (1) (b) of the Act, a specified circumstance is that:\n\n(a) the Secretary makes a determination under paragraph 93L (1) (a) of the Act because of a reduction, since the start day for the person’s pension bonus, in either or both of the following:\n\n(i) the value of the person’s assets;\n\n(ii) the person’s ordinary income; and\n\n(b) the determination takes effect on a day that is more than 13 weeks after the start day; and\n\n(c) the determination is made because:\n\n(i) an administrative error in determining the person’s rate of age pension was made before the end of the 13‑week period following the start day; or\n\n(ii) the person had given the Secretary, before the end of the 13‑week period following the start day, incorrect information about the value of the person’s assets or the person’s ordinary income.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2118},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 2007 determination. Its scope remains tightly confined to specifying the particular error-related circumstances that trigger pension bonus top-ups, consistent with its title and enabling provision (subsection 93L(6) of the Social Security Act 1991)."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 4 sections)","Single operative provision with straightforward nested conditions (paragraphs a, b, and c)","Only one defined term ('Act')","Minimal cross-referencing (only to section 93L of the Social Security Act 1991)","No subordinate legislation references or recursive definitions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument lets Centrelink pay a limited “top‑up” to Pension Bonus recipients who were underpaid because their income or assets later proved lower than originally recorded. A top‑up is only available where assets/income have fallen, the correction occurs more than 13 weeks after the bonus began, and the delay was due either to a Centrelink administrative error in the first 13 weeks or to the person providing incorrect financial information during that same initial 13‑week period."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-top-up-of-pension-bonus-specified-circumstances-determination-2007","history":"/api/acts/social-security-top-up-of-pension-bonus-specified-circumstances-determination-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-top-up-of-pension-bonus-specified-circumstances-determination-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-top-up-of-pension-bonus-specified-circumstances-determination-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-top-up-of-pension-bonus-specified-circumstances-determination-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-top-up-of-pension-bonus-specified-circumstances-determination-2007/documents"}}