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This instrument is the Social Security (Experiencing a Personal Financial Crisis) Instrument 2017.
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This instrument tells when a person is treated as "experiencing a personal financial crisis" for social security start‑day rules. If, within 4 weeks before the person’s start day, they were in gaol or psychiatric confinement, first entered Australia on a listed humanitarian visa, or lost/majorly damaged their principal residence in an extreme event (for example flood, fire, earthquake, storm), they meet subsection 19DA(4).
It affects new applicants whose start day follows such events by enabling concessional access to payments; the Department decides eligibility using start‑day timing and evidence, so applicants bear the compliance costs of proof.
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This instrument is the Social Security (Experiencing a Personal Financial Crisis) Instrument 2017.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:407.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Commencement information</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Provisions</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Commencement</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Date/Details</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.</span><span> </span><span>The whole of this instrument</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1 July 2017</span><span>.</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under subsection 19DA(5) of the Social Security Act 1991.
In this Instrument: Act means the Social Security Act 1991; Administration Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999; extreme circumstance includes, but is not limited to: (a) a flood; (b) a fire; (c) an earthquake; and (d) a storm; humanitarian visa means: (a) a Subclass 200 (Refugee) visa; (b) a Subclass 201 (In-country Special Humanitarian) visa; (c) a Subclass 202 (Global Special Humanitarian) visa; (d) a Subclass 203 (Emergency Rescue) visa; and (e) a Subclass 204 (Woman at Risk) visa; start day means the day worked out in accordance with Schedule 2 to the Administration Act. Note: The following expressions are defined in the Act:
in gaol (see subsection 23(5)); and psychiatric confinement (see subsection 23(8)).
A person satisfies the circumstances in subsection 19DA(4) of the Act if at some time in the 4 weeks immediately before the person’s start day (worked out disregarding clause 5 of Schedule 2 to the Administration Act): (a)the person was in gaol or psychiatric confinement; (b)the person: (i) first entered Australia; and (ii) was the holder of a humanitarian visa on that entry to Australia; or (c)the person’s principal place of residence was lost or sustained major damage as a result of an extreme circumstance.
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This instrument is the Social Security (Experiencing a Personal Financial Crisis) Instrument 2017.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:407.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Commencement information</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Provisions</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Commencement</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Date/Details</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.</span><span> </span><span>The whole of this instrument</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1 July 2017</span><span>.</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under subsection 19DA(5) of the Social Security Act 1991.
In this Instrument: Act means the Social Security Act 1991; Administration Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999; extreme circumstance includes, but is not limited to: (a) a flood; (b) a fire; (c) an earthquake; and (d) a storm; humanitarian visa means: (a) a Subclass 200 (Refugee) visa; (b) a Subclass 201 (In-country Special Humanitarian) visa; (c) a Subclass 202 (Global Special Humanitarian) visa; (d) a Subclass 203 (Emergency Rescue) visa; and (e) a Subclass 204 (Woman at Risk) visa; start day means the day worked out in accordance with Schedule 2 to the Administration Act. Note: The following expressions are defined in the Act:
in gaol (see subsection 23(5)); and psychiatric confinement (see subsection 23(8)).
A person satisfies the circumstances in subsection 19DA(4) of the Act if at some time in the 4 weeks immediately before the person’s start day (worked out disregarding clause 5 of Schedule 2 to the Administration Act): (a)the person was in gaol or psychiatric confinement; (b)the person: (i) first entered Australia; and (ii) was the holder of a humanitarian visa on that entry to Australia; or (c)the person’s principal place of residence was lost or sustained major damage as a result of an extreme circumstance.