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Social Security (Qualifying Seasonal Horticultural Work) Determination 2017

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This determination sets out what farm and agriculture jobs count as qualifying seasonal horticultural work for people receiving social security payments (such as the Age Pension).

If you receive a pension and do seasonal work, this rule affects how much you can earn before your payments are reduced. The determination lists specific activities that qualify when done in relation to certain farm products, including:

Harvesting fruits and vegetables
Pruning and trimming vines and trees
Packing and canning produce
Operating harvesting equipment
Planting, irrigating, and siloing
Any other similar activities

The list covers work with: vegetables, fruits, grains, seeds, hops, nuts, fungi, olives, flowers, broad acre crops, sugar, and sandalwood.

Essentially, if you're doing one of these jobs with one of these crops, the government recognises it as qualifying seasonal horticultural work for your pension income test calculations.

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Social Security (Qualifying Seasonal Horticultural Work) Determination 2017

Social Security Act 1991

____________________________________________________________________

I, RENÉE LEON, Secretary of the Department of Employment, make this Determination under subsection 1073K(7) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated: 26/06/2017

Renée Leon

Renée Leon PSM

Secretary

Department of Employment

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Social Security (Qualifying Seasonal Horticultural Work) Determination 2017.

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on 1 July 2017.

3 Authority

This Determination is made under subsection 1073K(7) of the Act.

4 Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

harvest crops means all vegetables, fruits, grains, seeds, hops, nuts, fungi, olives, flowers, broad acre crops, sugar, and sandalwood.

seasonal work has the meaning given by section 16A of the Act.

Note: Other words and phrases used in this Determination that are defined in the Act have the meaning given by the Act.

5 Kinds of work that are qualifying seasonal horticultural work

(1) For the purposes of the definition of qualifying seasonal horticultural work in subsection 1073K(6) of the Act, the kinds of seasonal work set out in subsection 5(2) are determined.

(2) Seasonal work, carried out in relation to harvest crops, which includes one or more of the following activities:

(a) harvesting;

(b) pruning and trimming vines and fruit trees;

(d) chipping and weeding;

(e) operating harvesting equipment;

(f) planting;

(g) irrigating;

(h) siloing;

(i) packing;

(j) canning;

(k) any other like activities.

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1 Social Security (Qualifying Seasonal Horticultural Work) Determination 2017

Social Security (Qualifying Seasonal Horticultural Work) Determination 2017

Social Security Act 1991

____________________________________________________________________

I, RENÉE LEON, Secretary of the Department of Employment, make this Determination under subsection 1073K(7) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated: 26/06/2017

Renée Leon

Renée Leon PSM

Secretary

Department of Employment

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Social Security (Qualifying Seasonal Horticultural Work) Determination 2017.

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on 1 July 2017.

3 Authority

This Determination is made under subsection 1073K(7) of the Act.

4 Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

harvest crops means all vegetables, fruits, grains, seeds, hops, nuts, fungi, olives, flowers, broad acre crops, sugar, and sandalwood.

seasonal work has the meaning given by section 16A of the Act.

Note: Other words and phrases used in this Determination that are defined in the Act have the meaning given by the Act.

5 Kinds of work that are qualifying seasonal horticultural work

(1) For the purposes of the definition of qualifying seasonal horticultural work in subsection 1073K(6) of the Act, the kinds of seasonal work set out in subsection 5(2) are determined.

(2) Seasonal work, carried out in relation to harvest crops, which includes one or more of the following activities:

(a) harvesting;

(b) pruning and trimming vines and fruit trees;

(d) chipping and weeding;

(e) operating harvesting equipment;

(f) planting;

(g) irrigating;

(h) siloing;

(i) packing;

(j) canning;

(k) any other like activities.