Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The amount of an AGDRP payable to a person in relation to a major disaster that occurs in Australia is the sum of:
(a) the adult rate for the financial year in which the major disaster is determined under subsection 36(1); and
(b) 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.
Note: For major disaster see section 36.
(1A) For the purposes of this Division, a person is a carer of a child on a day if, on that day:
(a) the person is the principal carer of the child; or
(b) 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
(c) the person is entitled to be paid family tax benefit by instalment (within the meaning of the Family Assistance Administration Act) and:
(i) the child is treated as an FTB child of the person for the purposes of that benefit; and
(ii) the child is under 16 years of age; and
(iii) the person does not, under section 59 of the Family Assistance Act, have a shared care percentage for the child.
Note: For principal carer see subsections 5(15) to (24).
(2) For the purposes of this Division, the adult rate for a financial year is:
(a) the amount that the Minister determines under subsection 1061P(1) to be the adult rate for the financial year; or
(b) 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
(c) if the Minister has never determined an adult rate for any financial year--$1,000.
(3) For the purposes of this Division, the child rate for a financial year is:
(a) the amount that the Minister determines under subsection 1061P(2) to be the child rate for the financial year; or
(b) 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
(c) if the Minister has never determined a child rate for any financial year--$400.