Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00075:clause:2_3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00075
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 3
Character Range: 5113–6483

3  After section 355‑65 in Schedule 1
Insert:

355‑66  Major disaster support programs
 (1) For the purposes of item 13 of Table 7 in subsection 355‑65(8), the Minister may, by legislative instrument, declare a program administered by an *Australian government agency to be a major disaster support program if the Minister is satisfied that the program is, in effect:
 (a) responding to the impacts of an event to which subsection (2) of this section applies; and
 (b) directed at supporting:
 (i) individuals whom the event has significantly impacted; or
 (ii) *businesses the operations of which the event has significantly disrupted.
 (2) This subsection applies to an event if:
 (a) the event developed rapidly and resulted in:
  (i) the death, serious injury or other physical suffering of a large number of individuals; or
 (ii) widespread damage to property or the natural environment; or
 (b) the event is an emergency to which a national emergency declaration (within the meaning of the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020) relates (including a national emergency declaration that is no longer in force).

Period of effect
 (3) A declaration made under subsection (1) must specify the period for which the declaration is in force. The period must end no later than 2 years after the day the declaration is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.