Section 1061ZQ — Social Security Act 1991: Newly arrived resident’s waiting period

(1) Subject to this section, for the purposes of this Division, a person who has entered Australia is subject to a newly arrived resident’s waiting period. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who: (a) has a qualifying residence exemption for a health care card; or (b) has an FTB child; or (c) has been an Australian resident, or a special category visa holder residing in Australia, and in Australia for a period of, or for periods totalling, 208 weeks; or (d) holds, or formerly held, a visa included in a class of visas determined by the Minister for the purposes of subsection 739A(6); or (e) is not subject to a newly arrived resident’s waiting period under subsection 739A(1) or (2) because of the operation of subsection 739A(7). Note: For paragraph (a): for qualifying residence exemption in relation to a health care card, see paragraph 7(6AA)(f). (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if: (a) the person is a refugee, or a former refugee, at the time the person made the claim for a health care card; or (b) the following apply: (i) before the person made the claim for a health care card, the person was a family member of another person at the time the other person became a refugee; (ii) the person is a family member of that other person at the time the person made the claim for a health care card or, if that other person has died, the person was a family member of that other person immediately before that other person died; or (c) the person is an Australian citizen at the time the person made the claim for a health care card. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3): (a) family member has the meaning given by subsection 7(6D); and (b) former refugee has the meaning given by subsection 7(1); and (c) refugee has the meaning given by subsection 7(6B).