Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Home Affairs Measures No. 2) Regulations 2021
I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 04 June 2021
David Hurley
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Simon Birmingham
Minister for Finance
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997
This instrument is the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Home Affairs Measures No. 2) Regulations 2021.
(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.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | Immediately after this instrument is registered. | 5.24 pm (A.C.T.) 4 June 2021 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
This instrument is made under the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997
1 In the appropriate position in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table)
Insert:
492 | COVID‑19 Disaster Payment | To provide financial assistance to certain persons who: (a) are Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or holders of a temporary visa who have the right to work in Australia; and (b) are aged 17 years or over; and (c) reside or are employed in a location in Australia that: (i) is subject to a State or Territory public health order restricting the movement of persons for a period of more than 7 days; and (ii) has been determined by the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer to be a COVID‑19 hotspot for the purposes of Commonwealth support; and (d) are unable to earn their usual income because the restrictions imposed by the public health order prevent them being able to work in their usual employment; and (e) other than annual leave, have no available leave entitlements to cover the period of the restrictions; and (f) declare that during the period of the restrictions they: (i) reside or are employed in the hotspot area; and (ii) have liquid assets of less than $10,000; and (g) during the period of the restrictions are not otherwise receiving: (i) Commonwealth income support payments or payments of a similar nature; or (ii) pandemic leave disaster payments; and (h) apply for assistance within 6 months after the start of the period of the restrictions; as a measure that is peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation. |