Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination 2007 (No. 1) (Cth)

Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery) Determination 2007 (No. 1)

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   15^th Feb           2007

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 2007 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on the day it is signed.

1. 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.

1. Person taken to be adversely affected by disaster

For subsection 1061L(2) of the Act, a person is adversely affected by a disaster mentioned in Schedule 1 if the person is affected in the way mentioned in Schedule 2.

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Schedule 1        Disasters

(section 4)

1.      The bushfires in the Dwellingup area in the south-west of the State of Western Australia:

(a)  that started in January 2007 and continued through February 2007; and

(b)  if they continue after February 2007 — that continued in March 2007.

2.      The bushfires in the Porongurup area in the south-west of the State of Western Australia:

(a)  that started in February 2007; and

(b)  if they continue after February 2007 — that continued in March 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.