{"id":"F2011L01012","name":"Veterans’ Entitlements (Special Disability Trust - Discretionary Spending) Determination 2011","slug":"veterans-entitlements-special-disability-trust-discretionary-spending-determination-2011","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":86807,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2011L01012-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans’ Entitlements (Special Disability Trust - Discretionary Spending) Determination 2011","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nVeterans’ Entitlements (Special Disability Trust — Discretionary Spending) Determination 2011\n\nInstrument R16/2011\n\nThe Repatriation Commission, acting under subsection 52ZZZWEA(3) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, makes this Determination.\n\nDated 30th May 2011\n\nIan Campbell Shane Carmody Major General Mark Kelly AO DSC\n\n………………………………………………………………………………………\n\n    IAN CAMPBELL SHANE CARMODY Major General Mark Kelly AO DSC\n\nPRESIDENT DEPUTY PRESIDENT COMMISSIONER\n\n1 Name of Determination\n\nThis Determination is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Special Disability\n\nTrust — Discretionary Spending) Determination 2011\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Determination is taken to have commenced on 1 January 2011.\n\n3 Definitions\n\nIn this Determination:\n\nAct means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\nspecial disability trust has the meaning given by section 52ZZZW of the Act.\n\n4 Discretionary spending for other purposes\n\nFor subsection 52ZZZWEA(3) of the Act, the maximum value of income and assets that can be applied by a special disability trust for other purposes that are primarily for the benefit of the principal beneficiary (other than purposes that are the primary purpose of the special disability trust) is:\n\n(a) $10,000 for the 2010-2011 financial year; and\n\n(b) $10,250 for the 2011-2012 financial year.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2275},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This original 2011 Determination precisely executes the mandate of subsection 52ZZZWEA(3) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, establishing monetary thresholds for discretionary spending without expanding beyond this specific remit."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 sections total","Single operative provision with straightforward monetary thresholds","Only 2 defined terms (Act and special disability trust)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","No substantive cross-referencing beyond the empowering provision"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination lets trustees of Special Disability Trusts (under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986) spend a limited amount on non‑primary purposes—things that benefit the principal beneficiary but aren’t strictly essential—without risking the trust’s pension and tax treatment. \n\nThe safe‑harbour caps are $10,000 for 2010–11 and $10,250 for 2011–12, giving trustees short‑term flexibility to improve quality of life."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-special-disability-trust-discretionary-spending-determination-2011","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-special-disability-trust-discretionary-spending-determination-2011/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-special-disability-trust-discretionary-spending-determination-2011/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-special-disability-trust-discretionary-spending-determination-2011/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-special-disability-trust-discretionary-spending-determination-2011/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-special-disability-trust-discretionary-spending-determination-2011/documents"}}