Social Security Act 1991

The amount of an AGDRP payable to a person in relation to a major disaster that occurs in Australia is the sum of:

the adult rate for the financial year in which the major disaster is determined under subsection 36(1); and

if the person is the carer of one or more children on the first day the person is adversely affected by a major disaster—the amount worked out by multiplying the child rate for that financial year by the number of children for whom the person is the carer on that day.

For major disaster see section 36.

For the purposes of this Division, a person is a carer of a child on a day if, on that day:

the person is the principal carer of the child; or

the person is receiving another social security payment and is treated as the principal carer of the child for the purposes of that payment; or

the person is entitled to be paid family tax benefit by instalment (within the meaning of the Family Assistance Administration Act) and:

the child is treated as an FTB child of the person for the purposes of that benefit; and

the child is under 16 years of age; and

the person does not, under section 59 of the Family Assistance Act, have a shared care percentage for the child.

For principal carer see subsections 5(15) to (24).

For the purposes of this Division, the adult rate for a financial year is:

the amount that the Minister determines under subsection 1061P(1) to be the adult rate for the financial year; or

if the Minister has not determined an adult rate for the financial year—the amount that the Minister last determined to be the adult rate for a previous financial year; or

if the Minister has never determined an adult rate for any financial year—$1,000.

For the purposes of this Division, the child rate for a financial year is:

the amount that the Minister determines under subsection 1061P(2) to be the child rate for the financial year; or

if the Minister has not determined a child rate for the financial year—the amount that the Minister last determined to be the child rate for a previous financial year; or

if the Minister has never determined a child rate for any financial year—$400.