Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme — Pflegegeld) Determination 2017 Social Security Act 1991 ______________________________________________________________ I, Christian Porter, Minister for Social Services, make the following determination. Dated 16 February 2017 Christian Porter Minister for Social Services 1. Name of determination This instrument is the Social Security (Personal Care Support Scheme – Pflegegeld) 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 The day after this instrument is registered. Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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. Revocation This instrument revokes the Social Security (Personal Care Scheme – Pflegegeld) Determination 2004. 4. Personal care support scheme (1) The scheme for the provision of personal care support known as Pflegegeld is an approved scheme for the purposes of section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991. (2) In this instrument, Pflegegeld means the scheme of that name established by the Republic of Austria with effect on 1 July 1993 under which an allowance for long-term care is paid to certain disabled persons.