5Person adversely affected by a major disaster

5 Person adversely affected by a major disaster

(1) This section applies to the major disaster being the severe weather and flooding in the east coast region of New South Wales that commenced on 18 May 2025 and which has affected, or is affecting, one or more of the areas mentioned in Schedule 1. (2) For subsection 1061L(2) of the Act, a person is taken to be adversely affected by the major disaster if any of the following circumstances apply: (a) the person is seriously injured as a direct result of the disaster; (b) the person is an immediate family member of an Australian citizen or resident who is missing and presumed killed, or killed, as a direct result of the disaster; (c) the person’s principal place of residence has been destroyed or has major damage as a direct result of the disaster; (d) a major asset of the person has been destroyed or has major damage as a direct result of the disaster; (e) the person is a carer of a child to whom paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) applies.