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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 bushfires that commenced on 1 February 2021 in Western Australia affecting the local government areas of Mundaring and Swan.
       (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 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 or assets of the person has or have 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.