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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 tropical cyclone Jasper that crossed into Queensland on 13 December 2023 and brought severe weather and flooding that continued in December 2023, affecting the local government areas of Cairns, Cassowary Coast, Cook, Douglas, Hope Vale, Mareeba, Tablelands, Wujal Wujal and Yarrabah.
       (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 missing and presumed killed or 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 carer of a child to whom paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) applies.

5 Repeal
        The Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment—Tropical Cyclone Jasper—December 2023) (LIN 23/092) Determination 2023 (No. 1) is repealed.