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Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Tasmanian Special Energy Bonus) Determination 2017

I, Anita Davis, delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Social Security, make the following determination under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated 1 December 2017.

Anita Davis
Branch Manager
Payability and Integrity Branch
Department of Social Services
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  1        Name

  This instrument is the Social Security (Exempt Lump Sum – Tasmanian Special Energy Bonus) Determination 2017.

  2        Commencement

      (1)              Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1                          Column 2         Column 3
Provisions                        Commencement     Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument  1 December 2017

  Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
      (2)              Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

  3        Authority

  This instrument is made under paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Social Security Act 1991.

  4         Definitions

  In this instrument:

  Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

  pensioner concession card has the same meaning as in the Act.

  seniors health card has the same meaning as in the Act.

  Special Energy Bonus means a one-off payment of $125 made by Aurora Energy Pty Ltd, an organisation owned by the State of Tasmania, during the 2017-18 financial year, to pensioner concession card and seniors health card holders in Tasmania to assist with their electricity bills.

  5        Exempt lump sum

  For the purposes of paragraph 8(11)(d) of the Act, the gross amount of a Special Energy Bonus is an exempt lump sum.