Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104:section:86
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 86
Character Range: 193517–195429

86  Priority category decisions

General requirements
 (1) The System Governor must assign a priority category for an individual for a classification type for a service group if the System Governor is given a prioritisation report for the individual for the classification type for the service group under section 85.
 (2) Any decision about an individual's priority category for a classification type for a service group under subsection (1) must be consistent with the information about the individual provided in the prioritisation report.
 (3) A decision under subsection (1) must be made within the period prescribed by the rules.
 (4) Despite subsection (1), the System Governor is not required to make a decision under that subsection in relation to a service group if the System Governor decides not to approve, under subsection 65(2), the classification type for the service group for the individual.

Requirements for classification type ongoing or short‑term for the service group residential care
 (5) If the prioritisation report given to the System Governor under section 85 is for the classification type ongoing or short‑term for the service group residential care, the System Governor must:
 (a) assign the individual priority category 1 if:
 (i) the individual has an urgency rating of high; or
 (ii) the individual resides in an area prescribed by the rules; or
 (iii) the individual is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, homeless, or in a class of persons prescribed by the rules; or
 (b) assign the individual priority category 2 if:
 (i) the individual is not an individual to whom subparagraph (a)(ii) or (iii) applies; and
 (ii) the individual has an urgency rating of medium; or
 (c) assign the individual priority category 3 if:
 (i) the individual is not an individual to whom subparagraph (a)(ii) or (iii) applies; and
 (ii) the individual has an urgency rating of low.