Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination 2014 (No. 1) 1
Social Security Act 1991
I, George Brandis, Attorney-General, make this determination under subsection 106lL (2) of the Social Security Act 1991.
Dated              13 January           2014
George Brandis
 
Minister for Justice
1              Name of determination
                This determination is the Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Determination 2014 (No.1).
2              Commencement
                This determination commences on the day it is signed.
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)    sewage contamination of the interior of the residence, or of the water supply to 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.
  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.
Note   Subsection 36 (1) of the Social Security Act 1991 allows the Minister to determine, in writing, that an event is a major disaster if the event is a disaster that has such a significant impact on individuals that a government response is required.
Schedule 1        Major disaster
  
 
The bushfires that commenced on 12 January 2014 and continued on 13 January 2014 in the state of Western Australia and affected the Local Government Area of Mundaring.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Schedule 2        Circumstances in which person adversely affected
                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
               (b)    the person is the principal carer of a child to whom paragraph (a) applies.
 
                   
Note
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