170APrescribed expenditure to assist council with natural disaster response

170A Prescribed expenditure to assist council with natural disaster response

170A Prescribed expenditure to assist council with natural disaster response

(1) For the Act, section 55(3)(n)(i), the amount of $500,000 is prescribed, but only for a contract that—

(a) is primarily for the purpose of response to or recovery from a declared natural disaster, and

(b) is entered into within 12 months after the date on which the natural disaster is declared.

(2) In this section—

declared natural disaster means a natural disaster that has been declared in relation to the area of a council by either—

(a) a Natural Disaster Declaration for the purposes of the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements jointly administered by the Commonwealth and the States and Territories, or

(b) a declaration under the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989, section 33.

s 170A: Ins 2022 (279), sec 3.