Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (South Australian Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme) Determination 2016 (Cth)

Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (South Australian Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme) Determination 2016

I, Andrew Whitecross, Branch Manager, Rates and Means Testing Policy Branch, Department of Social Services, delegate of the Secretary, make this determination under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated this second day of June 2016

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ANDREW WHITECROSS

Part 1         Preliminary and Interpretation

1   Name of determination

This determination is the Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (South Australian Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme) Determination 2016.

2   Commencement

This determination commences on the day after registration.

3   Definitions

In this determination:

South Australian Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme means a scheme operated by the South Australian Government to provide one-off ex gratia lump sum payments to Aboriginal persons who were removed from their parents or family as children before 31 December 1975 without a court order and whose usual place of residence when removed was South Australia or who were removed by South Australian authorities.

reparation payment means a payment made by the South Australian Government in accordance with the South Australian Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme.

Part 2         Exempt Lump Sums

4   If a person has received a reparation payment, then the amount is an exempt lump sum.