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Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas – Various (No. 3)) Determination 2008

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This instrument declared specific Aboriginal communities and town camps in the Northern Territory as subject to income management in 2008, triggering Part 3B of the Social Security (Administration) Act so a portion of Centrelink payments was restricted to essentials via BasicsCard.

It affected social security recipients living in those places during Feb 2008–Feb 2009 as part of the Commonwealth’s NT Emergency Response; the declaration was temporary.

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Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas – Various (No. 3)) Determination 2008

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Social Security (Administration) (Declared

relevant Northern Territory areas — Various (No. 3)) Determination 2008

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

I, JENNY MACKLIN, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, acting under subsection 123TE (1) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (the Act), and on behalf of the Minister for Education and the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, determine that each of those places listed in the Schedule is a declared relevant Northern Territory area for the purposes of Part 3B of the Act.

This Determination commences on 25 February 2008.

This Determination expires on 16 February 2009.

Dated 19 February 2008

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Schedule - declared relevant Northern Territory areas

BELYUEN

PANDAYAL

WAGAIT RESERVE also known as WHITE EAGLE or IRON STONE

WALANGURRMINY also known as FINNISS RIVER

Adelaide River Town Camps:

AMANGAL

GULNGARRING also known as WARAI

Darwin Town Camps:

BAGOT COMMUNITY

KNUCKEY LAGOONS also known as KNUCKEYS LAGOON

KULALUK

MINMARAMA PARK TOWN CAMP

PALMERSTON TOWN CAMP

RAILWAY DAM TOWN CAMP also known as ONE MILE DAM

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1 Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas – Various (No. 3)) Determination 2008