Schedule 1AA: Transitional and savings provisions

1

The chief executive must, after 12 August 2018, determine an application for a grant under clause 11.4.7 or 11.4.8 made on or before that date that has not been considered and disposed of before the close of that date.

2

If it is determined that the applicant had entitlement to the grant, the chief executive must make the grant on or after 13 August 2018 as if the Special Needs Grants Amendment 2018 had not been made.

1

This clause applies to any grant under clause 15.1.1 as amended by the Special Needs Grants (Refugees, Protected Persons and Afghan Interpreters Re-Establishment Grants) Amendment 2020.

2

On or after 9 November 2020, MSD must-

(a)

determine an application for a grant made prior to that date as if the Special Needs Grants (Refugees, Protected Persons and Afghan Interpreters Re-Establishment Grants) Amendment 2020 had not been made:

(b)

deduct the amount of any accommodation grant made to the applicant prior to that date under the former clause 15.1.1(a) from the maximum grant limit of $3,500 in the new clause 15.1.1(a):

(c)

deduct the amount of any grant made to the applicant prior to that date under the former clause 15.1.1(b) from the overall maximum grant limit of $5,000 in the new clause 15.1.1 (unless Schedule 1AA, Part 2, clause 2A applies).

2A

On or after 27 November 2020, in relation to an applicant with three or more dependent children, MSD must deduct the amount of any grant made to the Applicant prior to that date from the overall maximum grant limit in the new clause 15.1.1A.

3

For the avoidance of doubt, the Special Needs Grants (Refugees, Protected Persons and Afghan Interpreters Re-Establishment Grants) Amendment 2020 does not affect the recoverability of any grant made under former clause 15.1.1(a) prior to 9 November 2020.

1

Despite the revocation of clauses 14A to 14C of this Programme and the definitions which have been revoked under clause 3, assistance granted under those clauses before 26 August 2024, continues subject to the terms of those clauses as if those clauses had not been revoked.