Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

I am informed that, because of the lead-up time to the legislation, we had to manage this issue by guidelines because there was not any legislation provided at the time. As you have seen on the website, we have provided guidelines. They guided the decisions at the time. We have since then decided to mandate that those people under 18 years of age are not able to be provided with a lump sum payment.