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 effects of Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle in Western Australia, including as a result of associated severe weather and flooding, and isolation of one or more areas, which have affected, or are affecting, one or more of the areas listed in Schedule 1 on or after 25 March 2026 (including through April 2026). (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.