{"id":"F2015L00116","name":"Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump Sum – Japanese internment Compensation) Determination 2015","slug":"veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-japanese-internment-compensation-determination-2015","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":92686,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L00116-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump Sum – Japanese internment Compensation) Determination 2015","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: _\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\n![](image.001.png)\n\n \n\nVeterans’ Entitlements Act 1986\n\n \n\nVeterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump\n\nSum – Japanese internment Compensation) Determination 2015\n\n \n\nInstrument 2015 No. R16\n\n \n\nI, MARK HARRIGAN, delegate of the Repatriation Commission, hereby determine under paragraph 5H(12)(c) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA) that the amount specified in Part 2 is an exempt lump sum for the purposes of the definition of “ordinary income” in subsection 5H(1) of the VEA. \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated this   2nd   day of February   2015\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nMark Harrigan\n\n……………………………………………………………..\n\nMARK HARRIGAN\n\n\nPart 1: Preliminary and Interpretation\n\n1.1 Name of determination\n\n This determination is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump  Sum – Japanese internment Compensation) Determination 2015.\n\n1.2 Commencement of determination\n\n This determination commences on the day after registration.\n\n1.3 Revocation  \n\n The Veterans’ Entitlements Income Exempt Lump Sum Determination No.3               of 2001 is revoked.\n\n1.4 Definition\n\n In this determination:\n\n compensation payment means:\n\n \n\n(a)  a compensation payment as defined in the Compensation (Japanese Internment) Act 2001; or\n\n \n\n(b)  a compensation payment made under the Veterans’ Entitlements (Compensation – Japanese Internment) Regulations 2001.\n\n### Part 2: Exempt Lump Sum\n\n2.1 If a person has received a compensation payment, then the amount is an  exempt lump sum.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2267},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination remains tightly focused on its original purpose of exempting Japanese internment compensation payments from income testing under the VEA. It simply updates and replaces the previous 2001 determination without expanding beyond this specific remedial measure."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (Part 2) with binary condition","Only one defined term ('compensation payment')","No exceptions, provisos, or nested conditions","External reference to primary legislation required to identify exact payments covered","Total length of only 4 operative sections"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares lump-sum compensation paid under the Compensation (Japanese Internment) Act 2001 to WWII prisoners of war and civilian internees held by Japanese forces to be an exempt lump sum for Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 purposes.  \n\nThat means those payments are not counted as ordinary income when assessing veterans' pensions, protecting recipients from reduced pension rates or lost eligibility; it replaces the 2001 determination to keep the exemption under current law."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-japanese-internment-compensation-determination-2015","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-japanese-internment-compensation-determination-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-japanese-internment-compensation-determination-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-japanese-internment-compensation-determination-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-japanese-internment-compensation-determination-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-income-exempt-lump-sum-japanese-internment-compensation-determination-2015/documents"}}