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Explain section Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name
This instrument is the Social Security (Special Benefit – Class of Visas) Determination 2025.
2 Commencement
(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="margin-left:5.35pt; 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" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span><span>1.</span></span><span style="width:10.5pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"> </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>The day after this instrument is registered.</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>
Next section 1 Name
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.
3 Authority This instrument is made under subparagraph 729(2)(f)(v), subparagraph 729(2)(g)(i), paragraph 739A(1)(e), paragraph 739A(3)(b), paragraph 739A(4)(b) and subsection 739A(6) of the Social Security Act 1991.
4 Definition Act means the Social Security Act 1991.
5 Schedules Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Part 2 Classes of visas
6 Classes of visas – subparagraph 729(2)(f)(v) For the purposes of subparagraph 729(2)(f)(v) of the Act, the classes of visas are:
Subclass 060 (Bridging F);
Subclass 070 (Bridging (Removal Pending));
Subclass 309 (Partner (Provisional));
Subclass 449 (Humanitarian Stay (Temporary));
Subclass 785 (Temporary Protection);
Subclass 786 (Temporary (Humanitarian Concern));
Subclass 790 (Safe Haven Enterprise); and
Subclass 820 (Partner).
7 Classes of visas – subparagraph 729(2)(g)(i) For the purposes of subparagraph 729(2)(g)(i) of the Act, the classes of visas are:
Subclass 070 (Bridging (Removal Pending));
Subclass 449 (Humanitarian Stay (Temporary));
Subclass 785 (Temporary Protection);
Subclass 786 (Temporary (Humanitarian Concern)); and
Subclass 790 (Safe Haven Enterprise).
8 Classes of visas – paragraph 739A(1)(e) For the purposes of paragraph 739A(1)(e) of the Act, the classes of visas are:
Subclass 309 (Partner (Provisional)); and
Subclass 820 (Partner).
9 Classes of visas – paragraph 739A(3)(b) For the purposes of paragraph 739A(3)(b) of the Act, the classes of visas are:
Subclass 309 (Partner (Provisional)); and
Subclass 820 (Partner).
10 Classes of visas – paragraph 739A(4)(b) For the purposes of paragraph 739A(4)(b) of the Act, the classes of visas are:
Subclass 309 (Partner (Provisional)); and
Subclass 820 (Partner).
11 Classes of visas – subsection 739A(6) For the purposes of subsection 739A(6) of the Act, the classes of visas are:
Subclass 060 (Bridging F);
Subclass 070 (Bridging (Removal Pending));
Subclass 449 (Humanitarian Stay (Temporary));
Subclass 785 (Temporary Protection);
Subclass 786 (Temporary (Humanitarian Concern)); and
Subclass 790 (Safe Haven Enterprise).
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