{"id":"F2006L04144","name":"Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination (No. 1) 2006","slug":"social-security-australian-government-disaster-recovery-payment-determination-no-1-2006","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":61083,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L04144-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination (No. 1) 2006","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination (No. 1) 2006\n\nSocial Security Act 1991\n\nI, MALCOLM THOMAS BROUGH, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, make this Determination under subsection 1061L(2) of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nDated 14th December 2006\n\nMal Brough\n\nMinister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs\n\n1 Name of Determination\n\nThis Determination is the Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination (No. 1) 2006.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Determination commences on 14 December 2006.\n\n3 Definitions\n\nIn this Determination:\n\nAct means the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nprincipal place of residence, for a person, means the place in which the person normally resides.\n\n4 Person taken to be adversely affected by disaster\n\nFor subsection 1061L(2) of the Act, a person is adversely affected by the disaster mentioned in Schedule 1 if the person is affected in the way mentioned in Schedule 2.\n\n  \n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nSchedule 1 Disaster\n\n(section 4)\n\nThe bushfires in the State of Tasmania:\n\n(a) that started in December 2006; and\n\n(b) if they continue after December 2006 — that continued in January 2007.\n\nSchedule 2 Adverse circumstances\n\n(section 4)\n\nAs a direct result of the bushfires mentioned in Schedule 1, the person’s principal place of residence has been destroyed or rendered uninhabitable.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1909},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 2006 instrument. It remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: authorising disaster recovery payments for a single, specific historical event (the 2006–07 Tasmanian bushfires). It has not expanded beyond this discrete disaster coverage."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (under 400 words)","Only 2 defined terms in the interpretation section","Single operative provision (section 4) with no exceptions or conditions","Simple two-part test: specific named disaster event + specific damage type (destroyed/uninhabitable principal residence)","No cross-references except to the empowering provision in the parent Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination sets who can get a one‑off Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment for the Tasmanian bushfires that began in December 2006 (and continued into January 2007). It covers people whose principal place of residence was destroyed or made unliveable by those fires, treating them as “adversely affected” and eligible for a lump sum from Centrelink to meet immediate needs.\n\nIt only applies to that specific disaster, to principal homes (not investment or holiday properties), and only where damage was a direct result of the fires."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-australian-government-disaster-recovery-payment-determination-no-1-2006","history":"/api/acts/social-security-australian-government-disaster-recovery-payment-determination-no-1-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-australian-government-disaster-recovery-payment-determination-no-1-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-australian-government-disaster-recovery-payment-determination-no-1-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-australian-government-disaster-recovery-payment-determination-no-1-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-australian-government-disaster-recovery-payment-determination-no-1-2006/documents"}}