Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination (No. 2) 2006

Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination (No. 2) 2006

as amended

made under subsection 1061L(2) of the

Social Security Act 1991

This compilation was prepared on 9 December 2008
taking into account amendments up to Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Amendment Determination 2007 (No. 1)

Prepared by the Public Law Branch,
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Canberra

1                    Name of Determination (see Note 1)

This Determination is the Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination (No. 2) 2006.

2                    Commencement (see Note 1)

This Determination commences on 15 December 2006.

3                    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.

4                    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 State of Victoria:

(a) that started in December 2006 and continued through January and February 2007; and

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

2 The bushfires in the Steiglitz area in the south-west of the State of Victoria:

(a) that started on 16 January 2007 and continued through February 2007; and

(b) if they continued 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.

Notes

Note 1

The Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination (No. 2) 2006 (in force under subsection 1061L(2) of the Social Security Act 1991) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non-exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Table of Instruments

Table of Amendments