{"id":"F2007L04157","name":"Veterans' Entitlements (Top up of Pension Bonus — Specified Circumstances) Determination 2007","slug":"veterans-entitlements-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repealed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":70283,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L04157-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements (Top up of Pension Bonus — Specified Circumstances) Determination 2007","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nVeterans’ Entitlements (Top up of Pension Bonus — Specified Circumstances) Determination 2007\n\nVeterans’ Entitlements Act 1986\n\nThe REPATRIATION COMMISSION makes this Determination under subsection 45UIC (6) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\nDated 21 December 2007\n\nMARK SULLIVAN ED KILLESTEYN W. ROLFE\n\nPresident Deputy President Commissioner\n\n1 Name of Determination\n\nThis Determination is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Top up of Pension Bonus — Specified Circumstances) Determination 2007.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Determination commences on 1 January 2008.\n\n3 Definitions\n\nIn this Determination:\n\n> Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\n> designated pension has the meaning given by section 45TA of the Act.\n\n4 Specified circumstance\n\nFor paragraph 45UIC (1) (b) of the Act, a specified circumstance is that:\n\n(a) the Commission makes a determination under paragraph 45UIC (1) (a) of the Act because of a reduction, since the date on which a determination granting a pension bonus to the person takes effect (the effective day), 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 effective day; and\n\n(c) the determination is made:\n\n(i) wholly or partly because an administrative error in determining the person’s rate of a designated pension was made by the Secretary before the end of the 13 week period following the effective day; or\n\n(ii) because the person had given the Secretary, before the end of the 13 week period following the effective 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":3829},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Determination remains tightly focused on its original purpose of defining specific exceptions to the 13-week rule for pension bonus top-ups, addressing exactly the two scenarios (administrative error and incorrect information) that justify extending the top-up window."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 defined terms in the interpretation section","Single operative provision (section 4) with triple-nested subparagraphs","Cross-references to specific subsections of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986","Time-bound conditions requiring tracking of 13-week periods and effective dates"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination lets some veterans get a Pension Bonus top-up even after the usual 13‑week cutoff when delays were caused by either a Departmental error in calculating their pension rate or by veterans having provided incorrect income/asset information initially. \n\nIt affects veterans who already received a Pension Bonus but later found their original pension rate was wrong, allowing them to receive the higher payment they should have got."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-top-up-of-pension-bonus-specified-circumstances-determination-2007","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-top-up-of-pension-bonus-specified-circumstances-determination-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-top-up-of-pension-bonus-specified-circumstances-determination-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-top-up-of-pension-bonus-specified-circumstances-determination-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-top-up-of-pension-bonus-specified-circumstances-determination-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-top-up-of-pension-bonus-specified-circumstances-determination-2007/documents"}}