I, ROBERT MCCLELLAND, Attorney-General, make this Determination under subsection 1061L (2) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Dated 14 January 2011

ROBERT MCCLELLAND

Attorney-General

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination 2011 (No. 2).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on the day it is registered.

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 at least a quarter of the interior of the residence; or

 (b) that the residence is structurally unsound; or 

 (c) damage to the residence that exposes at least a quarter of the interior of the residence to the elements; or

 (d) sewerage contamination of the interior of the residence.

seriously injured, for a person, means:

 (a) the person has sustained an injury; and

 (b) because of the injury:

 (i) the person was admitted to hospital; or

 (ii) under normal circumstances, the person would have been admitted to hospital.

 (2) In this Determination, a place of residence is a person’s principal place of residence if the person:

 (a) normadlly resides at the place; and

 (b) has a lawful right to reside at the place.

4 Person adversely affected by a major disaster

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

Schedule 1 Major disaster

(section 4)

  The flooding in the State of New South Wales determined to be a major disaster under section 36 of the Act by the Attorney-General on 14 January 2011.             

Schedule 2 Circumstances in which person adversely affected

(section 4)

  A person is adversely affected by a major disaster mentioned in Schedule 1 if:

 (a) as a direct result of the disaster:

 (i) the person is seriously injured; or

 (ii) the person is an immediate family member of an Australian who is killed; or

 (iii) the person’s principal place of residence has been destroyed or has sustained major damage; or

 (iv) the person is unable to gain access to his or her principal place of residence for at least 24 hours; or

 (v) the person is stranded in his or her principal place of residence for at least 24 hours; or                           

 (b) as a result of the disaster, the person’s principal place of residence was without electricity, water, gas, sewerage service or another essential service for at least 48 hours; or

 (c) the person is the principal carer of a child to whom paragraph (a) or (b) applies.             

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