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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 storms and floods that commenced on 14 September 2022 and continued in October 2022, November 2022, December 2022 and January 2023 in New South Wales affecting the local government areas of Balranald, Bathurst, Bourke, Cabonne, Central Darling, Cobar, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Cowra, Dubbo, Edward River, Forbes, Gunnedah, Lachlan, Liverpool Plains, Moree Plains, Murray River, Murrumbidgee, Narrabri, Narrandera, Parkes, Snowy Valleys, Upper Lachlan, Wagga Wagga, Walgett, Weddin and Wentworth.
       (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.

5 Repeal
        Social Security (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment—New South Wales floods - September-October 2022) Determination 2022 (No. 7) (LIN 22/114) is repealed.