Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01314:clause:1_6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01314
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 6
Character Range: 2236–3693

6  Specification of classes of persons
 (1) For paragraph 42S (4) (b) of the Act, the following classes of persons are specified:
 (a) persons with a dependent child;
 (b) persons who have significant family or caring responsibilities;
 (c) persons who have an illness, impairment or condition that requires treatment, and who cannot afford the treatment after meeting their essential expenses;
 (d) persons who have a cognitive, neurological, psychiatric or psychological impairment or mental illness that has been established by medical evidence;
 (e) persons who do not have access to safe, secure and adequate housing, or are using emergency accommodation or a refuge.

 (2) Without limiting paragraph (1) (e), a person is taken not to have access to safe, secure, and adequate housing if:
 (a) the housing to which the person has access:
 (i) damages, or is likely to damage, the person's health; or
 (ii) threatens or is likely to threaten the person's safety; or
 (iii) does not provide the person with access to a reasonable level of personal amenities or the economic and social support that housing normally affords; or
 (b) in the circumstances, the adequacy, safety, security or affordability of the housing to which the person has access is adversely affected or may be adversely affected; or
 (c) the person does not have a right to remain, or a reasonable expectation of being able to remain, in the housing to which the person has access.