Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:1061jh
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 1061JH
Character Range: 1261251–1262948

1061JH  Qualification—extreme circumstances forcing departure from home
 (1) A person is qualified for a crisis payment if, after the commencement of this section:
 (a) the person has left, or cannot return to, his or her home because of an extreme circumstance; and
 (b) the extreme circumstance makes it unreasonable to expect the person to remain in, or return to, the home; and
 (c) the person has established, or intends to establish, a new home; and
 (d) at the time the extreme circumstance occurred, the person was in Australia; and
 (e) the person makes a claim for a crisis payment within 7 days after the extreme circumstance occurred; and
 (f) on the day on which the claim is made:
 (i) the person is in severe financial hardship (see section 19D); and
 (ii) the person has made a claim (whether on the same day or on an earlier day) for a social security pension or benefit and the person is qualified for the pension or benefit; and
 (g) during the 12 months immediately preceding the day on which the claim is made, no more than 3 crisis payments have been payable to the person based on:
 (i) the qualifications set out in this section; or
 (ii) the qualifications set out in section 1061JHA (remaining in home after removal of family member due to domestic or family violence).
Note: Examples of extreme circumstances that would qualify a person for crisis payment are the person's house being burnt down, or the person being subjected to domestic or family violence.
 (2) A person is not qualified for a crisis payment in respect of an extreme circumstance if the Secretary is satisfied that the extreme circumstance is brought about with a view to obtaining a crisis payment.