1Social Security (LIN 19/145: Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination 2019 (No. 5)

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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

Social Security (LIN 19/145: Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination 2019 (No.5)

 

I, Linda Reynolds, Assistant Minister for Home Affairs, make the following determination under subsection 1061L (2) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated 21 February 2019

Senator Hon Linda Reynolds CSC

Assistant Minister for Home Affairs

 

 

 

Contents

1  Name of Determination

2  Commencement

3  Definitions

4  Person adversely affected by a major disaster...........................2

Schedule 1 — Major Disaster 3

Schedule 2 — Circumstances in which person adversely affected   4

 

 

1  Name of Determination

1.            This determination is the Social Security (LIN 19/145: Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination 2019 (No.5)
2.            This instrument may be cited as LIN 19/145.

2  Commencement

This determination commences on the day it is signed.

3  Definitions

(1) In this determination:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

destroyed, for a place of residence, includes a residence damaged to the extent that it must be demolished.

immediate family member, of a person, means:

(a) the person’s partner; or

(b) the person’s natural child, adoptive child or stepchild; or

(c) the person’s natural parent, adoptive parent or step-parent; or

(d) the person’s legal guardian; or

(e) the person’s brother, sister, stepbrother or stepsister.

Note   This term is used in a different sense to that used in the Act.

major damage, for a residence, means:

(a) damage to the interior of the residence; or

(b) that the residence is structurally unsound; or 

(c) damage to the residence that exposes the interior of the residence to the elements; or

(d) sewage contamination of the interior of the residence, or of the water supply to the residence.