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the person regularly lives at the place with a degree of settled purpose; and
(b) the person has a lawful right to reside at the place; and
(c) the place is not:
 (i) a prison or a place of detention; or
 (ii) a secondary residence used for holidays.
Note It is possible for a person to have more than 1 principal place of residence.

4 Person adversely affected by a major disaster
       (1) This section applies to the major disaster being the severe weather, heavy rainfall and associated flooding that commenced on 27 June 2022 in New South Wales affecting the local government areas of Bayside, Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Canterbury Bankstown, Central Coast, Cessnock, Cumberland, Dungog, Fairfield, Georges River, Hawkesbury, Hornsby, Kempsey, Kiama, Lake Macquarie, Lithgow, Liverpool, Maitland, Mid-Coast, Muswellbrook, Nambucca, Narromine, Newcastle, Northern Beaches, Oberon, Parramatta, Penrith, Port Macquarie Hastings, Port Stephens, Randwick, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven, Singleton, Strathfield, Sutherland, The Hills, Upper Lachlan, Warren, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly and Wollongong.
       (2) For subsection 1061L(2) of the Act, a person is taken to be adversely affected by the major disaster if any of the following circumstances apply:
(a) the person is seriously injured as a direct result of the disaster;
(b) the person is an immediate family member of an Australian citizen or resident who is killed as a direct result of the disaster;
(c) the person's principal place of residence has been destroyed or has major damage as a direct result of the disaster;
(d) a major asset of the person has been destroyed or suffered major damage as a direct result of the disaster;
(e) the person is a principal carer of a child to whom paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) applies.

5 Repeal
        The Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment—New South Wales floods – July 2022) Determination 2022 (No. 4) is repealed.