Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (Murray-Darling Basin Small Block Irrigators Grant) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2008 (Cth)

Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (Murray‑Darling Basin Small Block Irrigators Grant) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2008

Social Security Act 1991

I, ALANNA FOSTER, Branch Manager, Seniors and Means Test Branch, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and a delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, make this Determination under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated       Eleventh of December       2008

A R Foster

Branch Manager, Seniors and Means Test Branch, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Part 1        Preliminary

1   Name of Determination

This Determination is the Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (Murray-Darling Basin Small Block Irrigators Grant) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2008.

2   Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

3   Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

Murray-Darling Basin Small Block Irrigators Grant means a one-off payment made by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, to eligible irrigators on blocks of 15 hectares or less, that is part of an exit package to assist small block irrigators to remain in the community while selling their water entitlements to the Commonwealth and to leave irrigation farming for at least five years.

Part 2        Exempt Lump Sums

4   Amount or class of amounts

If a person receives a Murray-Darling Basin Small Block Irrigators Grant, any amount of that Grant is an exempt lump sum in respect of the person.