Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Queensland Government Reconciliation Plan) Determination 2017 (Cth)

Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Queensland Government Reconciliation Plan) Determination 2017

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

Dated  22 November 2017.

Anita Davis

Branch Manager

Payability and Integrity Branch

Department of Social Services

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1. Name

This instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Queensland Government Reconciliation Plan) Determination 2017.

1. 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	13 November 2017.

Note:               This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

1. Authority

This instrument is made under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.

1. Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

Reconciliation Plan Payment made by the Queensland Government Department of Health under the Reconciliation Plan for children who, as wards of the State, were placed in adult mental health facilities means: 

(a)    a one-off lump sum ex gratia payment;

(b)   a one-off lump sum payment of up to $1,000 for legal advice;

(c)    a one-off lump sum payment of up to $1,000 for financial advice;

(d)   a one-off lump sum payment of up to $2,000 for professional counselling or debriefing sessions.

1. Exempt lump sum

For the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act, if a person receives any amount that is specified as part of the Reconciliation Plan Payment, that amount is an exempt lump sum.