1Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme - NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) Direct Funding Model) (DEEWR) Determination 2008

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Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme – NSW Department of Aging, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) Direct Funding Model) (DEEWR) Determination 2008

I, JULIA GILLARD, Minister for Education and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make this determination under section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated 23 September 2008

JULIA GILLARD

Minister for Education

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme – NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) Direct Funding Model) (DEEWR) Determination 2008.

2 Commencement

This Determination is taken to have commenced on 25 August 2008.

3 Interpretation

In this Determination:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

4 Revocation

The Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme – NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) Direct Payment Pilot Project) (DEWR) Determination 2006 is revoked.

5 New South Wales Attendant Care Program Direct Funding Model is an approved scheme for the purposes of the Act

The scheme known as the Attendant Care Program Direct Funding Model administered by the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care is an approved scheme for the purposes of the Act.

Note: Paragraph 8 (8) (zi) of the Act provides that a payment towards the cost of personal care support services for the person, being a payment made under a scheme approved under section 35A, is not income for the purposes of the Act.