Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00169:schedule:1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00169
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 680–3413

Schedule 1—Affected areas 5
List of affected suburbs 5

1 Name
        This instrument is the Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment—South East Queensland Severe Storms and Flooding—December 2023 to January 2024) (LIN 24/0026) Determination 2024 (No. 4).

2 Commencement
        This instrument commences immediately after it is signed.

3 Definitions
       (1) In this instrument:
destroyed means damaged to the extent that:
(a) for a residence—it must be demolished; or
(b) for a major asset or assets—it is unusable.
immediate family member, of a person, means:
(a) the person's partner; or
(b) the person's natural child, adoptive child or step-child; 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, step-brother or step-sister.
          Note This term is used in a different sense to that used in the Act.
major asset means:
(a) an asset, with a market value of at least $20 000, located at the person's principal place of residence; or
(b) assets, with a combined market value of at least $20 000, located at the person's principal place of residence.
          Examples Building, large fixed structure, motor vehicle, caravan, water tank, large scale machinery, heavy equipment.
major damage means:
(a) for a residence:
 (i) damage to the interior of the residence; or
 (ii) that the residence is structurally unsound; or
 (iii) damage to the residence that exposes the interior of the residence to the elements; or
 (iv) sewage contamination of the interior of the residence; or
(b) for a major asset or assets other than a water tank—that it is flooded, or damaged by severe weather to the extent that it needs to be replaced; or
(c) for a major asset that is a water tank—damage to the extent that it needs to be repaired or cleaned, or the water replaced.
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) A place of residence is a person's principal place of residence if:
(a) 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 storms and associated flooding that commenced on 24 December 2023 and