Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum The Netherlands Government Compensation Payments in respect of the World War Two Japanese Occupation of the Dutch East Indies) Determination 2016 (Cth)

Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum - The Netherlands Government Compensation Payments in respect of the World War Two Japanese Occupation of the Dutch East Indies) Determination 2016

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

Dated             24 October   2016

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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 - The Netherlands Government Compensation Payments in respect of the World War Two Japanese Occupation of the Dutch East Indies) Determination 2016

2                      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	1 June 2016.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

(2)  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.

3   Authority

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

4   Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

Government compensation payment means a payment made by The Netherlands Government to people who were civil servants or military personnel who were in the service of the Dutch East Indies Government during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies during World War 2.

1. Exempt Lump Sums

   For the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act, the amount of a Government compensation payment is an exempt lump sum.