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(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 ex-tropical cyclone Ellie that crossed into Western Australia on 28 December 2022 and brought severe weather and flooding that continued in December 2022 and January 2023 affecting the local government area of Derby West Kimberley.
       (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.