4Person adversely affected by a major disaster

4 Person adversely affected by a major disaster

(1) This section applies to the major disaster being the bushfires that occurred in February and March 2019 in Victoria, affecting the local government areas of Baw Baw, Cardinia and Latrobe. (2) For the purposes of subsection 1061L(2) of the Act, a person is taken to be adversely affected by the major disaster if one or more of the following circumstances apply: (a) the person is serious injured as a direct result of the disaster; or (b) the person is an immediate family member of an Australian who is killed as a direct result of the disaster; or (c) the person’s principal place of residence has been destroyed or has major damage as a direct result of the disaster; or (d) the person is a principal carer of a child to whom paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) apply.