Section 993 — Social Security Act 1991: Double orphan—not refugee

(1) A young person is a double orphan if: (a) the young person is not a refugee child; and (b) each parent of the young person is dead. Note 1: For young person and parent see section 5. Note 2: For refugee child see section 995. Note 3: If the young person does not qualify as a double orphan under this subsection, and the young person is a refugee child, the young person may qualify as a double orphan under section 994. (2) A young person is a double orphan if: (a) the young person is not a refugee child; and (b) one parent of the young person is dead; and (c) the other parent of the young person is: (i) a long-term prisoner; or (ii) a mental hospital patient on a long-term basis; or (iii) in residential care on a long-term basis; or (iv) uncontactable. Note 1: For young person and parent see section 5. Note 2: For refugee child see section 995. Note 3: For long-term prisoner see section 996. Note 4: For mental hospital patient on a long-term basis, see subsection 997(1). Note 4A: For in residential care on a long-term basis, see subsection 997(2). Note 5: For uncontactable see section 998. (3) If a young person (other than an adopted child) is a relationship child of a person because he or she is a child of the person, and of another person, within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975, the person and the other person are taken to be the young person’s only parents for the purposes of this section.