Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump Sums) Determination 2025
I, Luke Brown, a delegate of the Repatriation Commission, make the following determination.
Dated 31 January 2025
Luke Brown
First Assistant Secretary, Policy Division
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
This instrument is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump Sums) Determination 2025.
This instrument commences on the day after the day it is registered.
This instrument is made under paragraph 5H(12)(c) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act).
For paragraph 5H(12)(c) of the Act, an amount received by a person or the person’s partner is an exempt lump sum if the amount is 1 of a class of amount mentioned in Column 3 of an item of Schedule 1.
Each instrument or part of the instrument mentioned in an item of Schedule 2 is repealed according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Exempt lump sums
(see section 4)
Column 1 Item | Column 2 Subject | Column 3 Class of amount |
1 | Japanese internment | Compensation payment—
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2 | North Korean internment | Compensation payment made under Part 2 (Compensation payments for North Korean internment) of the Veterans’ Entitlements (Clarke Review) Act 2004 |
3 | South Australia energy concession | One-off annual payment by the State Government of South Australia to people eligible for the South Australia Energy Concession to assist with their energy bills |
4 | Holocaust survivors | One-off payment made on or after 11 February 2000, from a Humanitarian Fund established by Swiss banks and administered by the World Jewish Restitution Organisation through the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, to a person who—
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5 | Annuity contracts | Amount paid to the person by life insurance business within the meaning of the Life Insurance Act 1995 or superannuation fund as defined in subsection 10(1) of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 as the minimum amount payable consistent with the need to convert the person’s existing annuity contract to an asset test exempt product if—
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6 | Home equity |
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7 | Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)—patients | Ex gratia payment paid to the person as a lump sum by the Commonwealth for risk of CJD because the person—
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8 | CJD—children of patients | Amount paid as an ex gratia lump sum paid to the person by the Commonwealth because:
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9 | Accommodation bond or charges | If the person is or was a resident of an aged care within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 1997—any of the following received by the person:
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10 | Crisis payment | Crisis payment granted under the Veterans’ Entitlements (Special Assistance) Regulations 1999 |
11 | Medical payment | Payment within the meaning of paragraph 8(8)(v) of the Social Security Act 1991 |
12 | F111 deseal/reseal | One-off payment paid by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to the person as a participant in the Deseal/Reseal Program conducted by the Royal Australian Air Force or contractors on F-111 aircraft at Amberley, Australia, between 1973 and 2000 |
13 | Motorcycle purchase | Amount received under the Veterans’ Entitlements (Special Assistance—Motorcycle Purchase) Regulations 2001 |
14 | Income received after end of market‑linked income stream term | Amount paid to the person by an asset-test exempt income stream that meets the requirements of subsection 5JBA(1) of the Act if:
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Column 1 Item | Column 1 Subject | Column 3 Class of amount |
15 | Stolen wages | Payment made to the person or the partner by Queensland Government under a scheme operated by it to provide ex gratia lump sum payments to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people whose wages and savings were controlled by the Queensland Government under a legislative regime known as the Protection Acts |
16 | Superannuation co-contribution | Co-contribution received by the person or the partner that is payable under the Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003 to individuals who have an annual income below the higher co-contribution income threshold, make eligible personal superannuation contributions and have employer-supported superannuation |
17 | Life insurance payout | Payment made to the person or the partner on death or terminal illness of someone else under a policy of insurance held by the person or the partner |
18 | Stolen generations | Payment made to the person or the partner by the South Australian Government under the scheme it operated to provide one‑off ex gratia lump sum payments to Aboriginal people—
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19 | Compensation for detriment | Payment received by the person or the partner under the Compensation for Detriment Caused by Defective Administration scheme or a payment known as an act of grace payment made under section 65 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013:
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Schedule 2—Repeals
(see section 5)
Veterans’ Affairs (Legislative Instrument Re-making Exercise) Instrument 2014
1 Schedule 9
Repeal the schedule
2 Schedule 10
Repeal the schedule
Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump Sum – Assistance to Purchase Motorcycle) Determination 2015
3 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument
Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump Sum — F-111 Deseal/Reseal Lump Sum Payment) Determination 2015
4 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument
Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump Sum - Government of South Australia Energy Concession Bonus) Determination 2015
5 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument
Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump Sum – Japanese internment Compensation) Determination 2015
6 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument
Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump Sum – Miscellaneous) Determination 2015
7 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument
Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump Sum – North Korean internment Compensation) Determination 2015
8 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument
Veterans’ Entitlements (Exempt Lump Sum – Life Insurance Payouts) Determination 2016
9 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument
Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump Sum – Queensland Stolen Wages Reparation Payment Scheme) Determination 2016
10 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument
Veterans’ Entitlements Income (Exempt Lump Sum – Superannuation Co-contribution Amounts) Determination 2016
11 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument
Veterans’ Entitlements (Income Exempt Lump Sum – South Australian Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme) Determination 2016
12 The whole of the instrument
Repeal the instrument