Section 1061JI — Social Security Act 1991: Qualification—humanitarian entrant to Australia

(1) A person is qualified for a crisis payment if: (a) the person arrives in Australia; and (b) that arrival is the first time the person has arrived in Australia as the holder of a qualifying humanitarian visa (see subsection (2)); and (c) the person makes a claim for a crisis payment within 7 days of that arrival; and (d) on the day on which the claim is made: (i) the person is in severe financial hardship (see section 19D); and (ii) the person has made a claim (whether on the same day or on an earlier day) for a social security pension or benefit and the person is qualified for the pension or benefit. (2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify visas that are qualifying humanitarian visas for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b).