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Social Security (Class of Visas - Newly Arrived Resident’s Waiting Period for Special Benefit) Determination 2005 (No. 2)

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This instrument clarifies how the Newly Arrived Resident's Waiting Period applies to holders of Bridging visa subclass 070 (Removal Pending), designating them as a distinct class for the waiting‑period rules and resolving whether they must serve the usual delay before claiming Special Benefit.

It affects subclass 070 holders and the welfare or migration advisers who assist them, and matters because many on these visas face work restrictions and acute financial hardship.

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Social Security (Class of Visas—Newly Arrived Resident’s Waiting Period for Special Benefit) Determination 2005 (No. 2)

I, KAY CHRISTINE LESLEY PATTERSON, Minister for Family and Community Services, make this Determination under subsection 739A(6) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated 11 May 2005.

KAY PATTERSON

Minister for Family and Community Services

Name of determination

1. This Determination is the Social Security (Class of Visas—Newly Arrived Resident’s Waiting Period for Special Benefit) Determination 2005 (No. 2).

Commencement

2. This Determination commences on the day following registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Class of visas

3. For the purposes of subsection 739A(6) of the Social Security Act 1991 a class of visas is subclass 070 (Bridging (Removal Pending)) (Class WR).

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