{"id":"F2005B02344","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Income Exempt Lump Sum Determination No. 4 of 2001","slug":"veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-4-of-2001","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":32678,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B02344-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Preliminary and Interpretation","content":"### Part 1: Preliminary and Interpretation\n\n1.1 NAME OF DETERMINATION\n\nThis determination is the Veterans’ Entitlements Income Exempt Lump Sum Determination No.4 of 2001.\n\n1.2 COMMENCEMENT\n\nThis determination commences on 23 April 2001.\n\n1.3 DEFINITIONS\n\nIn this determination:\n\n“Act” means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\n“ex-gratia payment or payment” means a payment made by a Commonwealth or allied country.\n\n“interned” means:\n\n(a) confined in a camp, building, prison or other place (including a vehicle); or\n\n(b) restricted to residing within specified limits.\n\n“World War 2” has the same meaning as it does in subsection 5B(1) of the Act.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Amount or class of amounts declared to be an exempt lump sum","content":"### Part 2: Amount or class of amounts declared to be an exempt lump sum\n\nEx-gratia payments made by a Commonwealth or allied country to any of the following persons:\n\n(a) Surviving persons who were interned by the Japanese during World War 2;\n\n(b) Surviving civilians interned by the Japanese during World War 2;\n\n(c) Surviving widows or widowers of a deceased person who was interned by the Japanese during World War 2;\n\n(d) Surviving widows or widowers of a deceased civilian who was interned by the Japanese during World War 2.","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1929},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination maintains a narrow, specific scope focused exclusively on exempting ex-gratia payments for Japanese internment survivors from income testing. There is no evidence of scope expansion beyond this original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 defined terms in the interpretation section","Single operative provision with no nested exceptions or conditional logic","No cross-references to other legislation except the parent Act and one subsection","Straightforward declarative structure without procedural mechanisms"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This law ensures that special one-off compensation payments (called \"ex-gratia\" payments) paid to survivors of Japanese internment during World War II don't reduce their veterans' pensions or benefits.\n\n**Who it covers:**\n- People who were imprisoned or confined by Japanese forces during WWII\n- Civilians who were interned by the Japanese during WWII  \n- The surviving spouses (widows or widowers) of those internees, if the internee has died\n\n**The payments:** Lump sum payments made by the Australian government or allied countries as compensation or goodwill gestures for that wartime suffering.\n\n**Why it matters:** Normally, receiving a lump sum can count as \"income\" and reduce pension payments. This determination makes sure these specific historical compensation payments are **exempt** — meaning recipients keep both the lump sum AND their full pension entitlements without penalty."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-4-of-2001","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-4-of-2001/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-4-of-2001/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-4-of-2001/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-4-of-2001/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-determination-no-4-of-2001/documents"}}