Social Security (Exempt Lump Sums—Payments Compensatory in Nature for Non‑Economic Loss) Amendment Determination 2017

I, Anita Davis, delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Social Services, make the following determination.

Dated: 1 November 2017

Anita Davis

Branch Manager
Payability and Integrity Branch
Department of Social Services

1  Name

  This instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sums—Payments Compensatory in Nature for Non-Economic Loss) Amendment Determination 2017.

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.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Amendment of Social Security (Exempt Lump Sums – Payments Compensatory in nature for Non-economic Loss) Determination 2017

  Schedule 1 amends the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sums – Payments Compensatory in nature for Non-economic Loss) Determination 2017.

Schedule 1    Amendments

      (Section 3)

[1] At the end of section 8

  Add:

8A  Payments under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

   For the purposes of section 5, this section covers the following payments:

  (a) a payment made under subsection 17(3) or (4) of the Safety,  Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988               (which relate to compensation for dependants);

  (b) a payment made under section 18 of that Act (which relates to  compensation in respect of funeral expenses);

  (c) a payment made under section 24 of that Act (which relates to  compensation for injuries resulting in permanent impairment);

  (d) a payment made under section 25 of that Act (which relates to an               interim payment of compensation for injuries resulting in permanent               impairment);

  (e) a payment made under section 27 of that Act (which relates to  compensation for non‑economic loss).