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Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination (No. 1) 2006

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This Determination sets who can get a one‑off Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment for the Tasmanian bushfires that began in December 2006 (and continued into January 2007). It covers people whose principal place of residence was destroyed or made unliveable by those fires, treating them as “adversely affected” and eligible for a lump sum from Centrelink to meet immediate needs.

It only applies to that specific disaster, to principal homes (not investment or holiday properties), and only where damage was a direct result of the fires.

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Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination (No. 1) 2006

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 14th December 2006

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 (No. 1) 2006.

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on 14 December 2006.

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 the disaster mentioned in Schedule 1 if the person is affected in the way mentioned in Schedule 2.

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Schedule 1 Disaster

(section 4)

The bushfires in the State of Tasmania:

(a) that started in December 2006; and

(b) if they continue after December 2006 — that continued in January 2007.

Schedule 2 Adverse circumstances

(section 4)

As a direct result of the bushfires mentioned in Schedule 1, the person’s principal place of residence has been destroyed or rendered uninhabitable.

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1 Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination (No. 1) 2006

Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination (No. 1) 2006

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 14th December 2006

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 (No. 1) 2006.

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on 14 December 2006.

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 the disaster mentioned in Schedule 1 if the person is affected in the way mentioned in Schedule 2.

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Schedule 1 Disaster

(section 4)

The bushfires in the State of Tasmania:

(a) that started in December 2006; and

(b) if they continue after December 2006 — that continued in January 2007.

Schedule 2 Adverse circumstances

(section 4)

As a direct result of the bushfires mentioned in Schedule 1, the person’s principal place of residence has been destroyed or rendered uninhabitable.

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