Social Security (Disaster Recovery Allowance)(Prescribed payments) Determination 2022 (Cth)

LIN 22/104

Social Security (Disaster Recovery Allowance)(Prescribed payments) Determination 2022

I, Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management, make this instrument under subsection 1061KA(5) of the Social Security Act 1991 (the Act).

Dated 27 January 2022

Murray Watt

Minister for Emergency Management

1          Name of instrument

This instrument is the Social Security (Disaster Recovery Allowance)(Prescribed payments) Determination 2022.

2          Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3          Excluded payments

For paragraph 1061KA(1)(h) of the Act, each of the following payments is a prescribed payment:

(a)   parental leave pay under the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010;

(b)   dad and partner pay under the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010;

(c)   service pension within the meaning of subsection 5Q(1) of the Veteran’s Entitlements Act 1986;

(d)   income support supplement under Part IIIA of the Veteran’s Entitlements Act 1986;

(e) special benefit under Part 2.15 of the Act;

(f)    ABSTUDY Living Allowance under the ABSTUDY Scheme (also called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Study Assistance Scheme);

(g)   veteran payment under Part IIIAA of the Veteran’s Entitlements Act 1986.

Note          A person is not qualified for a Disaster Recovery Allowance if the person is receiving a prescribed payment—see Act, s. 1061KA((1)(h).

4          Repeal

This instrument repeals the Social Security (Disaster Recovery Allowance) (Prescribed payments) Determination 2013 (F2013L01964) and Social Security (Disaster Recovery Allowance) (Prescribed payments) Determination 2015 (F2015L00677).