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1Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment—New South Wales floods – July 2022) Determination 2022 (No. 5)

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LIN 22/086

Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment—New South Wales floods – July 2022) Determination 2022 (No. 5)

I, Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management, make this instrument under subsection 1061L(2) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated 4 October 2022

MURRAY WATT

Minister for Emergency Management

1 Name

(1) This instrument is the Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment—New South Wales floods - July 2022) Determination 2022 (No. 5).

(2) This instrument may be cited as LIN22/086.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the day it is signed.

3 Definitions

(1) In this instrument:

destroyed means damaged to the extent that:

(a) for a residence—it must be demolished; or

(b) for a major asset or assets—it is unusable.

immediate family member, of a person, means:

(a) the person’s partner; or

(b) the person’s natural child, adoptive child or step-child; or

(d) the person’s legal guardian; or

(e) the person’s brother, sister, step-brother or step-sister.

Note This term is used in a different sense to that used in the Act.

major asset means:

(a) an asset, with a market value of at least $20 000, located at the person’s principal place of residence; or

(b) assets, with a combined market value of at least $20 000, located at the person’s principal place of residence.

Note: Examples Building, large fixed structure, motor vehicle, caravan, water tank, large scale machinery, heavy equipment.

major damage means:

(a) for a residence:

(i) damage to the interior of the residence; or

(ii) that the residence is structurally unsound; or

(iii) damage to the residence that exposes the interior of the residence to the elements; or

(iv) sewage contamination of the interior of the residence or of the water supply to the residence; or

(b) for a major asset or assets other than a water tank—that it is damaged by the heavy rainfall or by flood waters, to the extent that it needs to be replaced; or