Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (Australian Capital Territory Government's Community Inclusion and Household Debt Pilot Project) (Dest) Determination 2005 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Social Security Act 1991

Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (Australian Capital Territory Government’s Community Inclusion and Household Debt Pilot Project) (DEST) Determination 2005

I, Lisa Paul, Secretary of the Department of Education, Science and Training, make this determination under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991[1].

[1] This instrument has effect in relation to provisions of the Social Security Act 1991 in so far as they relate to matters for which the Department of Education, Science and Training has responsibility under the Administrative Arrangements Order as amended on 21 July 2005.

Dated   20     September     2005.

Lisa Paul

Secretary, Department of Education, Science and Training

Part 1        Preliminary

1   Name of determination

This determination is the Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (Australian Capital Territory Government’s Community Inclusion and Household Debt Pilot Project) (DEST) Determination 2005.

2   Commencement

This determination commences on 23 March 2005.

3   Interpretation

In this determination:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

Australian Capital Territory Government’s Community Inclusion and Household Debt Pilot Project means a project by that same name that promotes community inclusion, by providing intensive case management to a small number of participants who are at risk of social exclusion due to unmanageable debt levels.

Social security payment has the same meaning as in section 23 of the Social Security Act 1991.

Part 2        Exempt Lump Sums

4   Amount or class of amounts

(1) Paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act provides that the Secretary may determine that an amount or class of amounts received by a person, is an exempt lump sum.

(2)       If a person:

(a)       has received an amount under the Australian Capital Territory Government’s Community Inclusion and Household Debt Pilot Project; and

(b)       is in receipt of a social security payment;

then the amount received by the person, under the Australian Capital Territory Government’s Community Inclusion and Household Debt Pilot Project, is an exempt lump sum.

5   Application—Exempt Lump Sums

I determine that an amount, or class of amounts received by a person referred to in subclause 4(2) is an exempt lump sum for the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act from the date that the amount was received.