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Social Security Exempt Lump Sum (Dependant Pension Lump Sum Payment and Closure) (FaHCSIA) Determination 2009

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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.