Special Needs Grants (Refugees, Protected Persons and Afghan Interpreters Re-Establishment Grants) Amendment - Notice of change 2020
03 October 2020.
This instrument amends the Special Needs Grants Programme made under section 124(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1964, and saved by clause 21 of Schedule 1 of the Social Security Act 2018, as if it were made under section 101 of that Act.
This instrument comes into force on 9 November 2020.
It increases the amount of, and makes fully non-recoverable, re-establishment grants for eligible refugees and protected persons.
Eligibility has also been extended to Afghan interpreters granted a residence class visa by the Minister of Immigration as an exception to instructions under section 72(3) of the Immigration Act 2009.
This instrument also makes a minor technical amendment to the wording of clause 14C.5.
