Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Defence Force Reparation Scheme Payment) Determination 2018 (Cth)

Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Defence Force Reparation Scheme Payment) Determination 2018

I, Mary McLarty, delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Social Services, make the following determination.

Dated               9 February 2018

Mary McLarty

Branch Manager

Payment Structures Branch

Department of Social Services

1  Name

This instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Defence Force Reparation Scheme Payment) Determination 2018.

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 on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note:      This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

1. 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 paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.

4  Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

Defence Force Reparation Scheme Payment means a reparation payment made by the Secretary of the Defence Department as a result of a recommendation made by the Defence Force Ombudsman under section 14A or 14B of the Ombudsman Regulations 2017.

5  Exempt Lump Sum

For the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act, the gross amount of a Defence Force Reparation Scheme Payment is an exempt lump sum.