1Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination 2007 (No. 5)

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Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination 2007 (No. 5)

Social Security Act 1991

I, MALCOLM THOMAS BROUGH, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, make this Determination under subsection 1061L(2) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated 29 June 2007

Mal Brough

Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination 2007 (No. 5).

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on the day it is signed.

3 Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

principal place of residence, for a person, means the place in which the person normally resides.

4 Person taken to be adversely affected by disaster

For subsection 1061L(2) of the Act, a person is adversely affected by a major disaster mentioned in Schedule 1 if the person is affected in the way mentioned in Schedule 2.

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Schedule 1 Major Disaster

(section 4)

Storm damage and associated flooding that began on 27 June 2007 in the Gippsland region of Victoria.

Schedule 2 Adverse circumstances

(section 4)

As a direct result of the major disaster mentioned in Schedule 1:

(a) the person is seriously injured and requires hospitalisation for at least 48 hours.

(b) the person’s principal place of residence has been destroyed or rendered uninhabitable for a period of 48 hours or more.