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Social Security (Tasmanian Motor Accidents Insurance Board ‘Future Care Payments’) Determination 2015

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What this does: This determination approves Tasmania's 'Future Care Payments' scheme as an 'approved personal care support scheme' under the federal Social Security Act.

Who it affects: People injured in Tasmanian motor accidents who receive long-term care allowances from the Tasmanian Motor Accidents Insurance Board, and who also receive or apply for Commonwealth social security payments (such as the Disability Support Pension or Age Pension).

Why it matters: Without this approval, compensation payments could be counted as income or assets by Centrelink, potentially reducing or cancelling your pension. This determination ensures that Future Care Payments are ignored when assessing your eligibility for federal social security benefits—protecting money intended for your care from affecting your pension entitlements.

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4. Personal care support scheme

(1) The scheme for the provision of personal care support known as Future Care Payments is an approved scheme for the purposes of the Social Security Act 1991.

(2) In this determination, Future Care Payments means the scheme established by the Tasmanian Motor Accidents Insurance Board under the Motor Accidents (Liabilities and Compensation) Act 1973 (Tas) under which an allowance for long term care is paid to certain injured persons.

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