1Social Security (Youth Allowance) (Special Circumstances – Family) Instrument 2026

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Social Security (Youth Allowance) (Special Circumstances – Family) Instrument 2026

I, Dani Chatillon, delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Social Services, make the following Instrument.

Dated 27.03.2026   

Dani Chatillon

Branch Manager, Carer, Disability and Student Payments Branch

Delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Social Services

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

5  Definitions

6  Matters to be taken into account in deciding whether there are special circumstances relating to a person’s family

Schedule 1—Repeals

Social Security (Special Circumstances - Family) Specification 2016

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Social Security (Youth Allowance) (Special Circumstances – Family) Instrument 2026.

2  Commencement

 (1)  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.

 

• Commencement information
• Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
• Provisions Commencement Date/Details
• 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 542F(2A) of the Social Security Act 1991.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.