{"id":"F2018L00437","name":"Veterans' Entitlements (Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment – Disregarded Income) Instrument 2018","slug":"veterans-entitlements-pension-bonus-bereavement-payment-disregarded-income-instrument-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":99984,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L00437-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements (Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment – Disregarded Income) Instrument 2018","content":"# ![](image.001.png)\n\nRepatriation Commission\n\nVeterans' Entitlements (Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment – Disregarded Income) Instrument 2018\n\nInstrument 2018 No. R1\n\n| The Repatriation Commission, under subsection 45UUB(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 makes the following instrument.Dated this 1 of March 2018The Seal of the )Repatriation Commission ) SEALwas affixed hereto in the )presence of: )Simon Lewis C Orme M A KellySIMON LEWIS CRAIG ORME Major General Mark KellyPSM DSC AM CSC AO DSCPRESIDENT DEPUTY PRESIDENT COMMISSIONER |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n\n1 Name\n\nThis instrument is the Veterans' Entitlements (Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment – Disregarded Income) Instrument 2018.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3 Authority\n\nThis instrument is made under subsection 45UUB(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\n4 Revocation\n\nThe Veterans’ Entitlements (Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment – Disregarded Income) Specification 2007 dated 21 December 2007 is revoked.\n\n5 Definitions\n\nIn this instrument:\n\nAct means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\n6 Specification of income to be disregarded\n\nFor subparagraph 45UUB(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, compensation within the meaning of subsection 5NB(2) of the Act that is paid in the form of periodic payments to the person or the person’s deceased partner is specified.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument revokes the 2007 specification and replaces it by specifying that compensation paid as periodic payments under subsection 5NB(2) of the Act to the person or the person’s deceased partner is to be disregarded income for subparagraph 45UUB(1)(b)(ii). That revocation and restatement replaces the earlier specification; the practical change in coverage depends on how the 2007 specification differed from this new wording."},"complexity_factors":["Very short, single substantive operative clause (specifies a single type of income to be disregarded).","Relies on cross-references to the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986: subparagraph 45UUB(1)(b)(ii) and subsection 5NB(2) (requires reader to consult the Act for full meaning).","Revokes a prior instrument (Veterans’ Entitlements (Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment – Disregarded Income) Specification 2007), so effect depends on differences between instruments.","Limited administrative discretion — the Repatriation Commission implements the rule (instrument made under s45UUB(2)).","Low compliance and reporting burden for recipients (mechanical exclusion of specified payments when assessing the bereavement payment).","Commencement is immediate (day after registration), so little phased implementation complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs the Repatriation Commission to treat periodic compensation payments (as defined in s5NB(2) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986) paid to a person or their deceased partner as disregarded income for the Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment. It revokes the 2007 specification and takes effect the day after registration. Veterans and bereaved partners receiving such periodic compensation will not have those payments counted against that bereavement payment."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains the same narrow scope as its 2007 predecessor. It performs a single, specific function: identifying compensation payments as income to be disregarded for one particular bereavement payment calculation. There is no expansion of scope or policy creep."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 6 sections across 2 pages","Only 1 defined term ('Act')","Single operative provision (section 6) with straightforward cross-reference to existing legislation","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Purpose is purely declarative: specifying one category of disregarded income"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs that regular (periodic) compensation payments received by a surviving partner are to be ignored when calculating a one‑off Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment after a veteran’s death. It affects surviving partners of Pension Bonus recipients and the Repatriation Commission that administers the benefit. \n\nIt replaces a 2007 version of the rule, preserving the policy that ongoing compensation shouldn’t reduce this bereavement payment."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-pension-bonus-bereavement-payment-disregarded-income-instrument-2018","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-pension-bonus-bereavement-payment-disregarded-income-instrument-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-pension-bonus-bereavement-payment-disregarded-income-instrument-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-pension-bonus-bereavement-payment-disregarded-income-instrument-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-pension-bonus-bereavement-payment-disregarded-income-instrument-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-pension-bonus-bereavement-payment-disregarded-income-instrument-2018/documents"}}