Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Queensland Taxi Industry Hardship Assistance Payment) Determination 2017 (Cth)

Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Queensland Taxi Industry Hardship Assistance Payment) Determination 2017

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

Dated                           4 May  2017

Anita Davis

Acting Branch Manager

International and Means Test Policy Branch

Department of Social Services

1. Name

This instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Queensland Taxi Industry Hardship Assistance Payment) 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	24 April 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Note:      This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

Queensland Taxi Industry Hardship Assistance Payment means a one-off lump sum payment made by the Queensland Government under the Taxi and Limousine Industry Assistance Scheme Regulation 2016 (Qld) to either:

(a)     the holder and operator of a taxi or limousine service licence; or

(b)     the holder or operator of a taxi or limousine service licence; or

(c)     both (a) and (b).

For the holder or operator of more than one licence, the total payment amount is capped at the sum calculated for a maximum of 10 taxi or limousine service licences.

1. Exempt Lump Sum

For the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act, the gross amount of an Queensland Taxi Industry Hardship Assistance Payment is an exempt lump sum.