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This instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – F-111 Deseal/Reseal Payments) Determination 2025.
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This instrument declares that a “F-111 deseal/reseal payment” — a one-off ex-gratia lump sum paid by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to participants in the RAAF F‑111 deseal/reseal program — is an "exempt lump sum" for the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991. It takes effect the day after registration and repeals the 2015 Determination.
Mechanically, the determination means those lump sums are not counted under the Social Security Act’s means-testing rules when assessing social security entitlements.
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This instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – F-111 Deseal/Reseal Payments) Determination 2025.
Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:441.2pt; margin-left:5.35pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:430.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>Commencement information</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:118.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>Column 2</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-33.95pt"><span>Column 3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:118.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>Provisions</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>Commencement</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-33.95pt"><span>Date/Details</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:118.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:46.2pt; text-indent:-7.5pt"><span>1.The whole of this instrument</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>The day after this instrument is registered.</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.
In this instrument: Act means the Social Security Act 1991.
F-111 deseal/reseal payment means a one-off ex-gratia lump sum payment made by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to a participant in the F-111 deseal/reseal program.
F-111 deseal/reseal program means the deseal/reseal program conducted by the Royal Australian Air Force and their contractors to undertake maintenance on F-111 aircraft in Amberley, Queensland, between 1973 and 2000.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
For the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act, a F-111 deseal/reseal payment is an exempt lump sum.
Schedule 1—Repeals
Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (F-111 Deseal/Reseal Lump Sum Payment) Determination 2015
1 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument
Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – F-111 Deseal/Reseal Payments) Determination 2025.
Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:441.2pt; margin-left:5.35pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:430.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>Commencement information</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:118.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>Column 2</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-33.95pt"><span>Column 3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:118.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>Provisions</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>Commencement</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-33.95pt"><span>Date/Details</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:118.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:46.2pt; text-indent:-7.5pt"><span>1.The whole of this instrument</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>The day after this instrument is registered.</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:56.7pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.
In this instrument: Act means the Social Security Act 1991.
F-111 deseal/reseal payment means a one-off ex-gratia lump sum payment made by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to a participant in the F-111 deseal/reseal program.
F-111 deseal/reseal program means the deseal/reseal program conducted by the Royal Australian Air Force and their contractors to undertake maintenance on F-111 aircraft in Amberley, Queensland, between 1973 and 2000.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
For the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act, a F-111 deseal/reseal payment is an exempt lump sum.
Schedule 1—Repeals
Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (F-111 Deseal/Reseal Lump Sum Payment) Determination 2015
1 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument