Social Security (Personal Care Support NSW Attendant Care Program Direct Funding Model) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2008 (Cth)

Social Security (Personal Care Support –NSW Attendant Care Program Direct Funding Model) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2008

Social Security Act 1991

I, JENNY MACKLIN, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs make this determination under section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991. [1]

[1] This determination has effect in relation to provisions of the Social Security Act 1991 in so far as they relate to matters for which I have responsibility for under the Administrative Arrangements Order.

Dated    9 August   2008

J Macklin

Jenny Macklin

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

1. Name of instrument

This determination is the Social Security (Personal Care Support – NSW Attendant Care Program Direct Funding Model) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2008.

1. Commencement

This determination commences on 25 August 2008.

1. Interpretation

   In this determination:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

NSW Attendant Care Program Direct Funding Model is the scheme known as the Attendant Care Program Direct Funding Model, and which:

(a)is administered by the New South Wales Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care; and

(b)is for the provision of personal care support.

1. Determination of a scheme

The NSW Attendant Care Program Direct Funding Model is an approved scheme for the purposes of paragraph 8(8)(zi) the Act.

Note: Paragraph 8(8)(zi) provides that a payment towards the cost of personal care support services for the person, being a payment made under a scheme approved under section 35A, is not income for the purposes of the Act.