Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (Dependant Pension Lump Sum Payment and Closure) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2009
Social Security Act 1991
I, Alanna Foster, Branch Manager, Seniors and Means Test Branch and a delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, make this Determination under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.
Dated SEVENTEEN SEPTEMBER 2009
A R Foster
Branch Manager, Seniors and Means Test Branch
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (Dependant Pension Lump Sum Payment and Closure) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2009.
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on the 24 September 2009.
3 Definitions
In this Determination:
Act means the Social Security Act 1991.
dependant pension is a form of pension paid under the Repatriation Act 1920.
Part 2 Exempt Lump Sums
4 Amount or class of amounts
If a person, who was eligible for, and in receipt of dependant pension in respect of 22 September 2009, receives a one-off payment of dependant pension from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs in consideration of the cancellation of their ongoing fortnightly dependant pension payments, then the amount of that one-off lump sum payment is an exempt lump sum, in respect of the person, for the purposes of the Act.