Commonwealth of Australia

Social Security Act 1991

Social Security Exempt Lump Sum
Determination No. 6 of 2004

I, Alex Dolan, Assistant Secretary, Seniors and Means Test Branch and a delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Family and Community Services, make this determination under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated 22 September 2004.

Alex Dolan

Assistant Secretary, Seniors and Means Test Branch

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of determination

 This determination is the Social Security Exempt Lump Sum Determination No. 6 of 2004.

2 Commencement

 This determination commences on the date that it is signed.

3 Interpretation

 In this determination:

 Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

 Employment Assistance Payment means a payment under the Employee Assistance component of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Structural Adjustment Package.

 social security payment has the same meaning as in 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 than an amount or class of amounts received by a person is an exempt lump sum.

(2) If an eligible person:

(a) has received an Employment Assistance Payment; and

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

 then any amount received by the person, as an Employment Assistance Payment, is an exempt lump sum.

5 Application—Exempt Lump Sums

An amount received by a person referred to in subsection 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.