Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum) (Payments to former residents in South Australian State care) (DEEWR) Determination 2010
Social Security Act 1991
I, DAVID PATTIE, Branch Manager, Income Support Programs Branch, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, make this Determination under paragraph 8 (11) (d) of the Social Security Act 1991.
Dated        17 December                                 2010
DAVID PATTIE
Assistant Secretary, Income Support Programs Branch
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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1              Name of Determination
                     This Determination is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum) (Payments to former residents in South Australian State care) (DEEWR) Determination 2010.
2              Commencement
                     This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.
3              Application
                     This Determination applies to an ex gratia payment made before, on or after the commencement of this Determination.
4              Definition
                     In this Determination:
ex gratia payment means a payment:
                     (a)     of up to $50 000 made by the South Australian Attorney-General under the Victims of Crime Act 2001 (SA) from the Victims of Crime Fund set up under that Act to individuals who have suffered sexual abuse as children while in State care; or
                    (b)     a payment of up to $750 made from the same Fund for the payment of legal fees incurred in obtaining legal advice for the purposes of signing a Deed of Settlement and Release in relation to a payment mentioned in paragraph (a).
5              Exempt lump sum
                     For paragraph 8 (11) (d) of the Social Security Act 1991, an ex gratia payment is an exempt lump sum.