Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00197:reg:11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00197
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11
Character Range: 7687–9467

11  Accommodation
         1. A member or their dependants is eligible to occupy temporary accommodation if, on 31 January 2019, they occupied any of the following accommodation types and have been displaced from that accommodation as a result of flood waters or associated damage.
                1. A Service residence.
                2. Rental accommodation for which they were receiving rent allowance.
                3. Their own home.

         2.      Temporary accommodation provided under subsection 1 is to be located in either of the following.
             1. Townsville.
             2. If the member or their dependants have received a travel benefit under section 14, in the location chosen for the purpose of the travel benefit.
         3.      Temporary accommodation is to be a serviced apartment, or if no suitable serviced apartment is available, a hotel or motel.
         4.      A member or their dependants may occupy temporary accommodation provided under subsection 1 until the earlier of the following days.
             1. The day the member or their dependants occupy one of the following types of accommodation either in Townsville, or in the location where they occupied temporary accommodation.
                      1. A Service residence.
                      2. Rental accommodation for which they will receive rent allowance.
                      3. Their own home.
             2. The day a decision maker is satisfied that a member is not taking reasonable steps to occupy one of the accommodation types listed in paragraph a.
             3. 13 April 2019.
         5.     Despite subsection 4, a decision maker may in exceptional circumstances set a later day on which a member or their dependants can occupy temporary accommodation.