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Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (Murray-Darling Basin Small Block Irrigators Grant) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2008

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This Determination protects small Murray–Darling Basin irrigators who receive the Murray‑Darling Basin Small Block Irrigators Grant by declaring the one‑off payment an exempt lump sum for social security purposes. Centrelink must ignore the grant when assessing income or assets, so it won't reduce or cancel pensions or other benefits and does not need to be reported.

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Direct links to the current provisions in Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (Murray-Darling Basin Small Block Irrigators Grant) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2008.

Part 1

Preliminary

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (Murray-Darling Basin Small Block Irrigators Grant) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2008.

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

Murray-Darling Basin Small Block Irrigators Grant means a one-off payment made by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, to eligible irrigators on blocks of 15 hectares or less, that is part of an exit package to assist small block irrigators to remain in the community while selling their water entitlements to the Commonwealth and to leave irrigation farming for at least five years.

Part 2 Exempt Lump Sums

Amount or class of amounts

4 Amount or class of amounts

If a person receives a Murray-Darling Basin Small Block Irrigators Grant, any amount of that Grant is an exempt lump sum in respect of the person.

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